The 1% who do think deeper are just flat out greedy, manipulative doers of wickedness. They know what they are pushing dangerous and deceitful, but they see profit in it. They remind me of the Ferangi in Star Wars.
The Ferangi were in Star Trek not Star Wars.
*nerd alert*
You know, I used to think that was true. On the other hand, I know many otherwise intelligent people who have internalized the central dogmas of the left, and are merely unwilling, rather than unable, to think independantly. As I see it, they’ve replaced religion with “progressivism”, but since their new religion is a house of cards, they can’t allow it to be challenged. It’s a pro-active ignorance, not passive. They actually have to work at remaing benighted, and seem to understand at a very basic level that once a single precept is challenged, the entire rotten structure is going to crash down around their heads.