This is your brain on drugs…. Cocaine on the left, Group-belonging on the right. Todd Rose, far right

Todd Rose, Author of Collective Illusions: "Why do people lie in public, contrary to their private beliefs? One word: Belonging. The fMRI brain imaging of a drug addict given cocaine lights up the reward system. When people are told their beliefs align with their group, it activates the exact same reward system. To wreak havoc on a culture, modern propaganda changes what people think their group endorses, like ‘defund police’ or ‘Hamas was justified’”