This had been part of another post I’d begun writing, but I decided that it would make for a good post all on its own. There’s a scene in an episode of Breaking Bad where Jesse Pinkman is in a support group for recovering addicts, and it takes place shortly after he’s had to kill somebody.
Yes, people want to be lied to, as long as being lied to means that they will be shielded from having to confront core beliefs.