Most of us are stubborn about our political beliefs, religious identity, or cultural tastes. Do you really think that I am likely to develop a passion for disco, worship the Devil, or denounce modern art for its modernity? I'm not going to accept creationism or Holocaust denial unless I have a very serious threat of death or severe bodily harm?
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.