I'm slowly starting to realize that the "red-pill-awakening" moment that I and others had after Hurricane Helene, is extremely rare. I was naïve in believing that if you just showed people the truth, they’d see it... and change their minds. I was wrong. Maybe that’s the scariest part, realizing some people don’t WANT to wake up at all. They’d rather stay wrapped in emotion than face reality. Feelings are a comforting, they are warm blanket where, no matter if you're wrong... you can argue that your INTENTIONS are good. They’d rather live in the comfort of emotion than face the discomfort of reality. It’s easier to FEEL right than to BE right. It's WAY easier to be angry than to be honest. I'm starting to understand that a significant portion of people I know actually identify themselves as a movement they belong to. So when facts, the truth, challenge any part of that identity... well then that information actually becomes a threat to their very identity. So actually the OPPOSITE of what I thought would happen actually occurs. I thought the truth would open people's eyes... but I dramatically underestimated how much tighter people cling to the stories that make them feel safe, even when those stories are lies. Because once you ACCEPT the truth, you can’t unsee it. You can’t go back to sleep, and sadly I've realized that the vast majority of people would rather keep dreaming. ...