The COVID-19 pandemic

[ac3r]

I think in a lot of cases this is just a result of being poorly educated and as a result they've become idiots. Some people really lack critical thinking skills and the ability to reason and think logically, and that just continues to pile up over the years. If someone lacks the ability to draw on fundamental critical thinking skills you usually develop in high school, it's pretty easy to go through life believing anything you hear. But nowadays, it isn't just Coast to Coast AM or grifters like Alex Jones screaming into the radio, they've got an abyss of misinformation on the internet they can dive into. It doesn't take a mental illness to believe the earth is flat, that the moon landing was fake and that face masks result in kidnappings and oxygen deprivation. I think this actually trivializes people who have mental illness. There is a big difference between a schizophrenic who cannot discern reality from delusion and somebody who has simply lived a life of stupidity.