They want to believe what makes them feel good- but that belief contradicts what they can see with their own eyes... so do they modify their beliefs? NO! They spin ever more bizarre conspiracy theories to explain the contradictions...
Over and over they do this- sometimes the new conspiracy incorporates elements of the previous one, sometimes it contradicts it- yet even when two theories directly contradict each other, they continue to believe and promote them both...

"COVID is a HOAX! COVID is no worse than the common cold! COVID is a terrible bioweapon unleashed by China! COVID was created by Bill Gates to implant trackers using the vaccine!"

January 6th was a justifiable militant act by patriots! January 6th was peaceful, akin to tourists! January 6th was a violent terrorist act by antifa agitators!

They have a multi-billion dollar media operation pumping out delusions for them- to make them feel good about being what they are, while at the same time stoking their delusions of victimhood... whipping up their outrage over fictional oppression.

Fauci is the 'villain' in their narrative, so now the guy and his family need security due to the death threats.

Its not about facts or reason, it is about what makes them feel good in the moment...

You cannot reason with them...

600,000 Americans dead from the GOP stupidity- and they are just getting started...

I do not see democracy surviving this much longer.

Hell... civilization cannot withstand the rising global tide of authoritarian idiocy... and as it gets hotter, I fear the whole world will burn.