Yeah. When the alternative is understanding the implications of the Panama Papers and the scope of the criminal activity Epstein's black book suggests.... people just want to stick their heads back in the sand.

The cognitive dissonance which a realization of the depth and breadth of societal corruption causes... well, it more or less ensures that only zealots and neuro-atypicals are willing to follow the evidence. The destruction of your worldview is not something a normal person will countenance without resistance and/or denial of evidence.