Knowledge, and especially of mere perceptions of how practical matters work, is not something that is possessed by everyone, and nothing but logical axioms and one's own conscious existence are actually self-evident [1]. Rationality, in contrast with the supposed near-universal and default nature of common sense, has to be chosen because ideological passivity is already irrational, for even if what a person happens to believe is true, this does not mean it is verifiable, and even if it is verifiable by logical necessity (which alone proves things), they would not have proven it before belief. They could only have blindly accepted it on purpose or by the delusional nature of passive worldview construction. The capacity for rationality is universal; rationality or irrationality must be voluntarily chosen, and this can only be done on an individual basis.
The only alternatives to rationality, which is nothing other than alignment with the objective, supremely transcendent necessary truths of logic that start with self-evident axioms, are making assumptions or being rational enough to recognize (starting with axioms) what is necessarily true and thus absolutely certain, only to disregard it on the level of priories or actions. Almost no one would be rationalistic in the latter sense, without acting in accordance with these truths as opposed to just identifying necessary truths while making no assumptions. Still, even this takes effort, and thus it is not "common sense" grasped by default.
Certainly, either most people have discovered truths like logical axioms and do an incredible job of presenting themselves as thoroughly stupid anyway or they truly do not know their left hand from the right hand. All evidence points to the latter. Of course, the fact that it takes effort to go from making assumptions to being rationalistic alone means that it is always more probable that a stranger is just yet another irrationalist. The amount of things they would have to get right to be a rationalist who goes far beyond discovering the intrinsic truth of logical axioms is also immense, and the more truths there are to discover or contemplate, the more likely it is once again that the typical person or a random person will be a non-rationalist.
Every person can actively choose irrationality or rationality, and there is no such thing as subjective, collective common sense, or any other all-encompassing source and means of knowledge other than sheer reason. As for the alleged content of this mythical common sense that is always something pertaining to subjective perception rather than genuine rationality, it practically always is presented as if exact physical cause and effect relationships or various other literal assumptions (such as that another person must have a particular motivation for an action when this does not follow) are "obvious." Ultimately, such things are neither self-evident like axioms nor demonstrable through deduction: they can only be assumed by fools who think themselves the rational ones.
[1]. Among other places, see here:
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