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Grab Those Tin-Foil Hats.


FoxyCryptid

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I just had a thought.

 

Conspiracy theories(or rather, the community around them) are the ultimate echo-chambers:

 

Someone disagrees? They must be a shill(I've actually been called this by a couple really crazy theorists just because I could tear their theories apart)

 

Information goes against you're view of reality? It must be planted.

 

The evidence on hand challenges your theory? It must be falsified in some way.

 

Someone doesn't believe you or doesn't share your delusions? They must be in on it.

 

A news source doesn't confirm your bias? They must be owned by the New World Order.

 

A news sources panders to you? They must be the real holders of the truth.

 

In all truth though, I can see where it comes from. Fear compounded by escapism and wanted to be the cool guy that's fighting for something like Fox Mulder or Diana Skully.

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Not only that, the things that they tend to focus on tend to be very much irrelevant. The bottom line is that dealing with the people in pwer will ultimately get us back where we started because the problem is really a system (more like a game) that rewards power consolidation and exploitation. What's more, business as usual is totally unsustainable and that alone necessitates systemic change or face the dire consequences.

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Not only that, the things that they tend to focus on tend to be very much irrelevant. The bottom line is that dealing with the people in pwer will ultimately get us back where we started because the problem is really a system (more like a game) that rewards power consolidation and exploitation. What's more, business as usual is totally unsustainable and that alone necessitates systemic change or face the dire consequences.

 

Pretty much, a lot of these people would rather just start shooting instead of even ATTEMPTING peaceful change.

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Actually it is very disturbing just how many "conspiracy theories" are actually true though even I who is like the crazy uncle here know that there are some "conspiracy theorists" that make even me cringe. I don't believe that everyone who doubts "conspiracy theories" is a shill because frankly the fact that some of them are even half true is fucking terrifying so it is unstandably hard pill for people to swallow. I can't speak for everyone but for me personally I don't want any of it to be true, and wish that things were as most people percieve but the amount of corruption is staggering. The news media is bought and paid for though so I make no apologies for getting on their cases but there are little bits of truth scattered about the mainstream media in all the lies but it can be hard to sort them out.

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Actually it is very disturbing just how many "conspiracy theories" are actually true though even I who is like the crazy uncle here know that there are some "conspiracy theorists" that make even me cringe. I don't believe that everyone who doubts "conspiracy theories" is a shill because frankly the fact that some of them are even half true is fucking terrifying so it is unstandably hard pill for people to swallow. I can't speak for everyone but for me personally I don't want any of it to be true, and wish that things were as most people percieve but the amount of corruption is staggering. The news media is bought and paid for though so I make no apologies for getting on their cases but there are little bits of truth scattered about the mainstream media in all the lies but it can be hard to sort them out.

 

That's true of any media, because human bias can easily get in the way of accuracy. 

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