Pluralistic ignorance is a condition more commonly known as groupthink. Critical and independent reasoning is the 180-degree opposite. The timid and cowards are not the only members tolerant of groupthink beliefs. Pluralistic ignorance has become the ticket for many social clubs. Phil Ochs describes this, “The countess of the social grace who never seems to blink, And she promises to talk to you if you promise not to think. “

Expressing an unpopular narrative may affect your membership in that club. For many, the degrading of social status is too high of a consequence for honesty. Twitter mentality, cancel culture, and wokeness have created a self-censoring environment. Intelligent discord is being stifled. Pluralistic ignorance has reached moronic level and will continue to metastasize unless unbiased education prevails.

History, vetted by the winners, is one-sided and distorts reality. We are taught half the history of the Revolutionary War, Civil War, WW1, WW2, 1948 Arab-Israeli War, the Six-Day War, etc. Consequently, we adopt a perjured knowledge about the Loyalists, Confederates, German Empire, Russia, and Palestinians.   

Psychologists agree that pluralistic ignorance can be alleviated through education. I disagree; I think they have it wrong. I believe that our educational system is the leading cause of pluralistic ignorance. Alternative education is available, but it is costly and time-consuming. Time and money vs. easy and free, it’s a no-brainer that pluralistic ignorance wins out. 

The fact is that NATO, an offensive weapon of the West, and Zionism, a racist ideal, are solely responsible for the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East. Washington could stop both wars today by discontinuing all military support to Ukraine and Israel. Both NATO and Zionism have outlived their nemesis. NATO was created to defend against the Soviet Union. Zionism is a racist response to governmental supported and executed pogroms against Jews. Both of these villains do not exist. Why should we not abandon them?

The answer is that military supremacy and ethnic supremacy have many influential brokers in Washington. The Military Industrial Complex, the weapons supply house for NATO, and the Jewish lobbies, exhorters of Zionist allegiance, are more powerful than the President of the United States and its citizens. 

Pluralistic ignorance of these two entities needs to be unshackled. The world is at stake. Nuclear annihilation in Ukraine and genocidal annihilation in Israel are too much. The ignorance that surrounds NATO is simple. However, the ignorance that surrounds Zionism in Palestine is complex. The unethical strategy of the Zionist colonial settler projects in Palestine is a start.