I get it, but in some sense all of us cling to a certain level of illusion because those illusions run so deep. To me, there's 1) laziness/complacency in terms of not being curious enough to seek information and 2) fear of standing apart from the larger group culturally/socially by airing skepticism and questioning, though I should probably flip the order because fear is the real source to help create complacency and lack of initiative. Once someone tends to self-censor and hesitate out of some level of fear they've silenced their curiosity for the group illusion and then slowly but surely they've eaten away at their internal capacity to even summon up questions because they can no longer see themselves and their environment outside of a reactive framework. I just think it's much more nuanced I guess is what I'm getting at with regard to the "adults" who we likely think should know better, and it ultimately does turn to a level of self-deception that gets exacerbated out of fear.
I get it, but in some sense all of us cling to a certain level of illusion because those illusions run so deep. To me, there's 1) laziness/complacency in terms of not being curious enough to seek information and 2) fear of standing apart from the larger group culturally/socially by airing skepticism and questioning, though I should probably flip the order because fear is the real source to help create complacency and lack of initiative. Once someone tends to self-censor and hesitate out of some level of fear they've silenced their curiosity for the group illusion and then slowly but surely they've eaten away at their internal capacity to even summon up questions because they can no longer see themselves and their environment outside of a reactive framework. I just think it's much more nuanced I guess is what I'm getting at with regard to the "adults" who we likely think should know better, and it ultimately does turn to a level of self-deception that gets exacerbated out of fear.
Well said