This is a powerful video describing the power of willful blindness and how it affects each and everyone of us.

People know there is a problem at the heart of the party of independence but very few are prepared to do something...

And that is criminal...
Margaret is the author of the book Willful Blindness. It's a must read to understand this aspect of human nature. WB is the intricate, pervasive cognitive mechanism y which we choose to remain blind in situations where we could/should know but it makes us feel better not to know
She also discusses the "friendly alibis" we create in our minds to justify our inertia...

"Wheesht for indy" comes to mind...
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