Conspiracy of the Day thread
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- eryx2
(Sorry for long rant)
I always liked the elegance of a conspiracy theory to make you feel a certain sense of dread. It is a genera of physiological horror. The problem is that some can’t see it for what it is and those people have a tendency to feed off one another. It is like they want to story to be true and will have a tendency to believe rather than critically think about it. It is almost a religious thing, blind faith in a higher power that is looking out for their freedom and liberty.
This is also pretty cool because if you begin to say “hey some of this does not make sense” you are automatically cast as “one of them” and you are part of the conspiracy. It is a type of genera that using the argument of facts and proof but will not entertain anything contrary. Really amazing!
Conspiracy documentaries do this in amazing ways using visual “codes” to legitimize their claims. You can have what looks like a photocopied old news article outlining a “fact” that has previously been buried by “the evil”. I also have no doubt that a directory that actually believes what ever they are trying to sell will not hesitate to use false information or doctored photographs and video to support a their case even though it is in direct conflict of their narrative to get at the truth.
The other great thing about conspiracies is that not all are false! Some very important stories have come to light because of real investigative journalism and fact based reporting. The thing false conspiracies try to do is sound as much like them as possible. It is like that episode of the office where Michel Scott lets out a secret so to cover it up he tells everyone a ton of false rumours.
The only dangerous thing is that some people might start to act when it comes to these types of fiction. Someone could get violent or decide to show aggression to an institution that might not have done anything. Fear is their biggest motivator and even when presented with completely verified, peer reviewed, documented evidence they will not be able to break out of this mentality loop. If they decide to believe that what they use to believe might be false then they are playing right back into the hands of “them”.
let reason prevail!
- Time to delete the thread, mg33, now all this has been written.detritus
- For me the most supersizing that those who 'believe' and follow these conspiracy theories can be easily influenced, when you speak to them in their language.sted
- I think the problem that how they act not what they believe in.sted
- I have a friend who turned in to a conspiracy believer on a single day (bad trip, and isolation). Now it's pretty hard to talk to him about normal things.sted
- I agree with you, sadly people are hardcoded to believe anything that they see on the television or internet, is conspiracy theories any different than aGeorgesII
- newscaster telling you day after day that the sky is falling, fear this and that, feed you what you should agree on, the abundance of informations is too muchGeorgesII
- to handle, and some people take it to the next level, often with the help of legal prescription drugsGeorgesII
- So you are one of them! Where were you during 9/11? Playing golf with your illuminati friends?Beeswax
- "(Sorry for long rant)"
That's ok, I didn't read it.set