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Re:Conspiracy theories bypass people’s rationality by AnimalMuppet on Wednesday October 27, 2021 @12:23PM (#29015420)
> But why is it under today's society that conspiracies are getting pushed so hard?

I think that at least part of it is from foreign disinformation campaigns. I can't prove it, so maybe this is just my own conspiracy theory ;-)

(As a semi-serious theory, it wouldn't surprise me if Q was in fact a Russian disinformation campaign.)

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Re:Conspiracy theories bypass people’s rationality by dragontamer on Wednesday October 27, 2021 @12:27PM (#29015472)
It wouldn't surprise me if the moon-landings conspiracy theories were also Russian disinformation campaigns.

Some conspiracies just work too well / too beneficial to the Russian / Soviets worldview.

But yes, conspiracy theories are fun. I'm not against them in general. I'm just against the toxic ones. "The Question" is one of my favorite comic book characters.

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