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Oh no, certainly the case. I wouldn't cast it as a libertarian issue per-say though. There is a very small percentage of the population that is..."thoughtful." Not necessarily super smart or super educated, though they do tend to read and know a bit more history and other things than average. Just...the sort of person who, as a kid, sees an old toaster or microwave and wants to pull it apart, just to see what's in there. How does the magic box work? The sort of person who sees everything like that, people, politics, art, history, civilization. How's it work? Why does it do what it does? What is the Tao of it?

Those people understand that a trap is being laid here, an ancient one that is repeated again and again. It's blatantly obvious to them. But most people are entirely oblivious, and will even actively defend the wolves that are preparing to eat them whole because they're so sunk in the propaganda they've been fed.

Most people, absolutely, are dumb, lazy, and incurious. The problem isn't not knowing, it's not WANTING TO KNOW. And that's inherent to most of the population. Metaphorically, most people CANNOT learn by warning, they cannot be told that the stoves is hot and will burn them if they touch it and say "Oh, I see, that makes sense." They refuse the lessons of history, evidence, human nature, thousands of years of philosophy and any number of other things. They can only learn in the most tragic, wasteful way: by touching the burner and experiencing the pain. Sometimes it takes multiple goes!

Well, the burner's hot now, and people are touching it. We'll see what happens.