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Re:The Conspiracy Theory Handbook by jeffreyrogers on Saturday January 02, 2021 @02:50PM (#25615822)
People don't just start believing Bill Gates is injecting nano particles though. They get there through a gradual process.

Edit: And I am confident this is the reason because I have observed people go down this process. People who are intelligent, and not the caricatures they are made out to be.

Re:The Conspiracy Theory Handbook by bambataa on Sunday January 03, 2021 @05:29AM (#25620929)
Could you describe the overall process you have seen people go down?
Re:The Conspiracy Theory Handbook by krapp on Saturday January 02, 2021 @05:33PM (#25617236)
You're right - the Bill Gates injecting nano-particles into COVID vaccine has its basis in several pre-existing conspiracy theories, such as anti-vaxx, fears of RFID/"Mark of the Beast" tagging, Satanic/ritualistic activities by elites (see: Bohemian Grove, Skull and Bones, etc.) which themselves are derived from (albeit not always directly indicative of) anti-Semitic conspiracies.

Even with QAnon, the pieces were already there among the right-wing and extremist Christianity, they were just assembled into a single, somewhat coherent narrative.