Because their base consists of people who: - are severely uneducated. Consider distribution of political alignments in Academia. Consider the fact that antivax

Because their base consists of people who: - are severely uneducated. Consider distribution of political alignments in Academia. Consider the fact that antivaxxers and conspiracy theorists are in their overwhelming majority politically conservative and authoritarian. Belief in conspiracy theories is highly correlated with an impoverished interpersonal functioning, such as interpersonal paranoia, narcissism, disagreeableness, insecure attachment and Machiavellianism [1]. Impoverished interpersonal skills signify lack of empathy, which fuels dehumanization, and enables exploitation of others. - grew up hammered by propaganda and the red scare, where anything that resembles social welfare is considered communism even if they themselves are dependent on such systems. Accepting that one needs help is exceptionally difficult for a person high on narcissism and paranoia. Furthermore, when threatened, the brain takes "conservative" stances, i.e. stances that preserve the status quo. When faced with an ever changing world that does not resemble anything that they were accustomed to, they cling on to the closest sense of status quo even if the person or structure that supports it only does so for optics. The lack of education makes it difficult for them to see that they are played like pawns by the bourgeoisie, that they receive preferential treatment through systemic issues [2], and finally they misattribute the reasons for their successes due to their obliviousness [3]. [1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6282974/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6282974/ [2] https://libcom.org/library/advance-class-struggle-abolish-white-race https://libcom.org/library/advance-class-struggle-abolish-wh... [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attribution_(psychology) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attribution_(psychology) Kind reminder that I stated facts, so please argue, as adults :) .