“ People are stupid. They will believe a lie because they want to believe it's true, or because they are afraid it might be true. ”
Source: Wizard's First Rule
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How easy it is to make people believe a lie, and [how] hard it is to undo that work again! 
You don't believe things because they make your life better, you believe them because they're true. 
If you repeat a lie often enough, people will believe it, and you will even come to believe it yourself. 
Tell people there's an invisible man in the sky who created the universe, and the vast majority will believe you. Tell them the paint is wet, and they have to touch it to be sure. 
Belief leads people to accept the most ridiculous things as the absolute truth