In fairness, propagandists write books about history too. It is entirely possible for a person that isn’t very curious to pick up “normie” pop history stuff and think they are learning.
that is true, but frankly i’m willing to put money down on most people who hold patently incorrect beliefs like “nato is a defensive organization” simply being deeply incurious people who have never investigated anything that’s not immediately relevant to their interests
In fairness, propagandists write books about history too. It is entirely possible for a person that isn’t very curious to pick up “normie” pop history stuff and think they are learning.
that is true, but frankly i’m willing to put money down on most people who hold patently incorrect beliefs like “nato is a defensive organization” simply being deeply incurious people who have never investigated anything that’s not immediately relevant to their interests
That’s probably true, but also quite depressing given the prevalence of the deeply ignorant. Hopefully the average person is better than that.