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Confusion and fear of dwelling in a lower intelligence bracket (because maybe smart people understood the answer) is a simple way to hand-wave the problem away. You don’t understand? Perhaps you can’t!

Only a few will call bullshit. Likely on niche sites on the internet. Probably not in such a dramatic way that the masses take note.

There might be a funny meme image gif.

The question is asked so that an answer may be provided, so that the question has been answered. That avoids anyone getting surprised by the question and giving the wrong answer. The right answer doesn’t have to mean… anything.

Delay, deny, distract. Until the avoidable is inevitable. Then we are all to blame, not just some poor corporation that meant well. After all, they told us what they were doing and we didn’t object!



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