You're about 180 degrees off of what's actually going on here. Very [intelligent people](https://democideproducts.bandcamp.com/album/moon-hoax) were denying the moon landing long before the flat earth psyop ever began. In my opinion, flat earth is a fake movement intended to discredit the very real and very well substantiated fakery of the Apollo hoax via guilt by association. "You don't think we went to the moon? I bet you're a flat earther too!". You know you've heard this and you'd be a fool to think it wasn't by design.