Of course! I laugh at the memes from the war showing MAGA supporters really believing that the US already won the war or any other S*** statements. You can especulate bad education system? Not sure. Maybe? But what matters is that people are lazy right now, and they don't do what you did. They get a statement made by their politician or influencer from social media and just accept that as true.
And that happens for MAGA supporters or also for leftists.
There is an interesting story that came and I fact check and it is true,th and it is a silly story because there isn't a clear impact on our lives, different from the next country president.
About the soccer player Lionel Messi being autistic or not. In Brazil, at least,t if you ask anyone,ne they would say that Messi is diagnosed with Asperger syndrome, a fake news story that started in 2013. And at that time there were fewer influencers than nowadays. But it is fun to read about the story of this statement that causes impact even nowadays.

https://tribuna.com/en/blogs/romario-once-connected-lionel-messis-genius-with-aspergers-s/