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That user has been propagandized for a lifetime, being told by the propaganda being consumed that the consumer is a free thinker rebel and that doing nothing or supporting the status quo maintains that free thinking rebel status.
It's a hard spell to break.
It's true, but we all managed it. I just really get irked at the ridiculous claims of sheltered liberals that their first brushes up against worldviews that are new to them elicit shrieks of "ECHO CHAMBER!! ECHO CHAMBER!!".
We may unfortunately, for the moment, be the exception.