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by TimorousBestie 432 days ago
I find this difficult to understand. There was a great explosion of conspiracy theories in the last ten years, so you should be seeing more of it.
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Even the conspiracy theory community has become like this. What used to be a community of passionate skeptics, ufo-ologists, and rabid anti-statists has turned into the most overtly boot licking right wing apologists who apply an incredible amount of mental energy to justifying the actions of what is transparently and blatantly the most corrupt government in American history, so long as that government is weaponized against whatever identity and cultural groups they hate
You’re describing Twitter not conspiracy communities in general. On the UFO front at least I am aware of multiple YouTube channels and Discord servers with healthy diversity of thought, and I’m sure the same goes for other areas.
Maybe they're all the same conspiracy theories. All the current conspiracy theories are that immigrants are invading the country and Biden's in on it. Where is the next Time Cube or TempleOS?
We’re living through the second renaissance of the flat-earthers, which aren’t all that concerned with Biden (beyond the usual “the govt is concealing the truth” meme).