The sheeple phenomenon is quite amazing and I think most of us now realize after the pandemic that it's much worse than anyone imagined. You can tell the masses almost anything and they won't question it as long as it comes from the right person.  No amount of people that actually understand finance could explain to that person how incredibly small grocers margins are...because she heard something else on TV via the mainstream news (Lina Khan is an attorney, so yeah, strike 3 from the start)