Answer: Social psychologists would call this confusion a cosequence of pluralistic ignorance
Explanation:
Pluralistic ignorance is a situation in which most members of a group privately reject a rule, but go along with it since they incorrectly assume that most others accept it. This is also described as "no one believes, but everyone thinks that everyone believes". In a nutshell, pluralistic ignorance is a bias about a social group, supported by the members of that social group.
Your answer would be C, Charles Montesquieu.
