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Not true. They will readily agree to a lot of things that they don't understand as long as the "right" people tell them to agree.
You're right about the fear motive, but pure authoritarianism is a huge part of it too: if the leaders say it, they'll tend to not even consider disagreement an option.
Exactly. They only implicitly trust their select media sources. That still puts the blame on those sending the message in my opinion.