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Out of touch of conspiracy theory generation has become the mythology of modern times.
It makes the most ignorant to feel ahead of the society, they feel like they hold some precious knowledge that hasn't been gained by the masses especially by the learned, educated or "elite" as they love to think.
This inferiority complex is remedied by this feeling of privilege. They don't care about logic, explanation or proof.
The painful reality of their shared status is the only driving force.The only treatment for them is the access to affordable education.
If quality education continues to be unattainable for them, they will continue to get stronger until they take over and live in a completely surreal world that they created and keep suffering.- True, but I know lots of well educated, and "smart" people that "live in a completely surreal world..." tooOBBTKN
- “Anti-intellectualis... has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means...renderedred
- that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'”
― Isaac Asimovrenderedred - Maybe they think they are not educated or successful enough. There has to be some inferiority.Beeswax
- They consider education a conspiracy too.monospaced
- Bennnsplaining will turn into a very profitable job in the future********
- fact checkers paid six-seven figures in a post-truth society********
- @bees there is definitely an inferiority complex at work. and yes, they denounce education too. ignorance is bliss ;)renderedred
- @Bees, GPWM. However academia is showing signs of becoming an environment that prioritises feelings over facts. A groundswell of anti-Scientific Method...Morning_star
- @Bees, GPWM. However academia is showing signs of becoming an environment that prioritises feelings over facts. A groundswell of anti-Scientific Method...Morning_star
- it starts back in high-school, they start falling behind their peers, too much partying, slacking, playing hooky they lack the discipline to put in the work_niko
- ....sentiment is paramount in some departments and that ain't good.Morning_star
- they start resenting the nerds or the good students, they feel "I'm smarter than them" who needs school. So to make themeselves feel better throughout_niko
- Conspiracy theorists were a better class of people back when I counted myself among them. Honest, verifiable theories on the JFK assassination, etc.nuggler
- the rest of their lives, they cling on to this alternative view of the world this big secret that only they're privy to, it helps them feel 'smart'._niko
- As far as affordable education goes, it never benefits the politicians to have a well-educated populace. Look at the base of the republican party and look at_niko
- most dictatorships worldwide, and when they substitute education for religious indoctrination it's even worse._niko
- could it be people got bored of regular Hollywood gossip and had to spice it up with some more dramatic stuff...islandbridge
- Came to think of this article
https://time.com/568…islandbridge - I don't think it requires any complex explanation, conspiracy theories are just the default mode of human thought. Think about primitive humans runningyuekit
- around in the jungle. They had no idea what the fuck was going on and were constantly searching for patterns in order to survive.yuekit
- Kill a deer and then it rains, well clearly killing deers causes rain. One guy makes up a story about what the stars mean, it gets repeated and becomes ayuekit
- religion. I think it's just human nature to make unfounded leaps of logic and search for meaning in things where it doesn't exist.yuekit
- This tendency is clearly much stronger in some people than others but we're all suspectible to it to a degree, only kept in check by the "programming" of mediayuekit
- and the state. And now that we have the internet, the floodgates have been opened and people revert to their natural tendency to be superstitious morons.yuekit
- Humans are pattern-recognition engines not always helped by having an imagination.Nairn
- I don't agree that conspiracy theorists are necessarily ill-educated, ignorant or suffering an inferiority complex - some of them are just curious ..Nairn
- .. and not entirely trusting or convinced by the standard mass-consensus narrative. Some conspiracies exist.Nairn
- My best friend's smart as shit and spent a good couple of years going down JFK assassination rabbit holes. Fucker could do a phd in it.Nairn
- I'm not entirely stupid and spent a couple of years slightly over-focused on Rense.com and shit like that. Can't say it did my head much good, haha.Nairn
- @Nairn I think Consp. Theorists have their ranks among them. I also believe in certain UFO theories or think that there's more to JFK story.Beeswax
- But I'm not threatened by them or completely lose my mind and reflect that upon ever day of my life. This people are threatened, maybe they always wereBeeswax
- *feel threatened. That's where the inferiority kicks in. Also not only affordable education but we need a different system that's not based solelyBeeswax
- on competition. Like Niko wrote it starts very early on, when they see successfull ones getting rewarded. Also there are other factors like being anBeeswax
- immigrant, minority, feeling second class, poverty. But lack of good education is the common denominator.Beeswax
- Anyone I've ever known who was into conspiracy theories had a few things in common: they claimed to be very religious, and they didn't follow ...Continuity
- ... current events regularly from a handful of news sources. Also, they didn't vote in any sort of election, whether it was municipal, provincial, or national.Continuity
- One had a BFA in theatre arts, but the others had no post-sec education.
Make of all that what you will.Continuity - Oh, and none of them really got anywhere in life. An exceptional lack of ambition, and unrealised dreams that we never gone after.Continuity
- ok, got me on the last point, sheesh.
go for the jugular.Nairn - There have been a few studies that suggest it's a hard-wired tendency. "Illusory pattern perception"
https://onlinelibrar…yuekit - And that unexpected events or a lack of control over your life pushes your brain to make connections that don't exist.yuekit
- https://www.national…yuekit
- I think it all comes down to Roger Ailes and Rupert Murdoch changing the entire media landscape for the worse.inteliboy
- Your post is so meaningless you can't even define quality education. A typical libtard, focuses on emotion instead of factsHayoth
- hah. defining quality education is a different matter. this post is not about that. Would you like to give us some of your background? Lets see if it validatesBeeswax
- stfu hayoth he isn’t even an American you commie bitchmonospaced