• Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    In light of the last decade, I’ve come to almost appreciate the dumb, harmless conspiracy theories like this one.

    Flat Earth, birds aren’t real, etc - if folks think spending their time on that shit is fun, then more power to em.

    More of the fun dumb shit, less political conspiracies that almost invariably shepard idiots over to supporting fascists.

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      6 months ago

      Conspiracy theories generally involve a worldwide conspiracy to hide the “truth”. There’s almost always at least an implied “them” who doesn’t want this truth to be revealed. The illuminati, the freemasons, or, inevitably, the Jews get blamed for suppressing shit. It’s a short road from flat earth or the lizard people to “a worldwide Jewish cabal is trying to sacrifice our children to Satan”.