Low quality "unconscious" living that creates deluded beliefs and focusing on pleasure trap basic physical living rather than higher consciousness aspirations.
What role does IQ (actual intelligence, not a number from a test) play in a person's ability to think well enough not to be manipulated? What constitutes "higher consciousness aspirations" and who defines that? Isn't that a question each of us have to answer for ourselves? What I'm getting at here is that there will always be a spectrum of intelligence, and those that are lower on that spectrum are the most vulnerable to be manipulated or controlled by others. I don't see how that will ever change.