It goes beyond that. Not just inattentive, but longing to belong, to believe. For reasons unclear to me for many people The Party is important. Having adopted loyalty to The Party, they accept anything that reinforces that choice. Anything that supports their faith and loyalty. Rejecting anything that causes doubt. This is apparently a typical trait of humans to desire to belong to a group and believe in the superiority of those "in charge". Fascinating. And destructive.

There are humans, aware of this trait, who instead of seeking "to belong" instead are driven to exploit the rest. These humans provide the reinforcing narrative, replete with promises inconsistent (usually orthogonal) to their actions. Another essential tactic is to have a common enemy. When ever the fraudulent narrative looks to be weakening it's grip, introduce an enemy to hate.

It goes well beyond "what?"