Yes, 100% this. The best lies are indistinguishable from the truth since they contain some level of truth.

It's a mystery to me how some people can think they are so clever and totally not gullible because they didn't fall for the lies of the government. Just to straight up believe the first thing they hear that is not coming from the govs, even if that reasoning makes even less sense, lol

Those people are just NPCs who think they aren't, making them even worse than NPCs in my eyes, lol