If you sell a house these days, the buyer might be a pension fund

Re:If you sell a house these days, the buyer might be a pens... by lliamander on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @12:37PM (#27449977)

Well, to be fair, there was a self-decribed cabal of sorts that worked to change election laws, curtail protests, and pressure social media companies leading up to the 2020 election.

Whether what they did was in any way illicit or undermines the integrity of U.S. elections is of course up for debate, but the fact that a secret coordinated effort of powerful people "conspired" (if you will) to influence the outcome of the election is I think well established.

https://time.com/5936036/secret-2020-election-campaign/

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Re:If you sell a house these days, the buyer might be a pens... by duxup on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @12:43PM (#27450072)

That's not fair, that's just some unrelated thing...

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Re:If you sell a house these days, the buyer might be a pens... by lliamander on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @01:15PM (#27450507)

It was a conspiracy that the original twitter thread brought up, and you seemed to be criticizing conspiratorial thinking in general.

My point was that, of the conspiracies mentioned by the original user, the conspiracy to influence the 2020 election was openly acknowledged by its participants.

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Re:If you sell a house these days, the buyer might be a pens... by duxup on Thursday June 10, 2021 @11:49AM (#27462092)

I guess I don't really understand the idea that "oh there was a conspiracy of some sort, sometime..." when it has no connection to the claimed conspiracy.

Seems like that's a common refrain from conspiracy theory fans, when they can't find evidence for their claim 'well there was another thing' comes up.... I'm not sure what they're trying to say.

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Re:If you sell a house these days, the buyer might be a pens... by cronix on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @12:57PM (#27450248)

Yeah, different cabal.

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Re:If you sell a house these days, the buyer might be a pens... by lliamander on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @05:18PM (#27453348)

I didn't claim it was all the same cabal. However, it's very likely there are some actors with membership in both.

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Re:If you sell a house these days, the buyer might be a pens... by mkr-hn on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @01:17PM (#27450527)

Cabals really should coordinate better to avoid confusion.

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Re:If you sell a house these days, the buyer might be a pens... by booleandilemma on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @02:24PM (#27451299)

Is it time to disrupt cabals?

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Re:If you sell a house these days, the buyer might be a pens... by mkr-hn on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @03:04PM (#27451766)

Where's Y Cabalnator when you need it?

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