This blindness afflicts people who self-identify as "rational" the most, in my opinion. They see themselves as strong, independent thinkers who are immune from

This blindness afflicts people who self-identify as "rational" the most, in my opinion. They see themselves as strong, independent thinkers who are immune from efforts to manipulate. No one is immune, the same way no human is independent in the way that individualists would hope they are.