“a curiously varying mixture of gullibility and cynicism with which each member… is expected to react to the changing lying statements of the leaders...” “mixture of gullibility and cynicism… is prevalent in all ranks of totalitarian movements”: Hannah Arendt, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘖𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘛𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘮