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Re:230K Chinese “persuaded to return” from abroad to establi... by jjtheblunt on Saturday October 01, 2022 @07:50PM (#33051268)
The CIA didn't need to do anything: Bigfoot, Loch Ness, Yeti, all sorts of mysterious / conspiracy theories just propagate on their own and at times because they're fun to imagine as real.
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Re:230K Chinese “persuaded to return” from abroad to establi... by peteradio on Saturday October 01, 2022 @08:31PM (#33051514)
What is the "conspiracy" behind Bigfoot. The word "conspiracy" used to have a specific meaning different from "farfetched".
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Re:230K Chinese “persuaded to return” from abroad to establi... by ROTMetro on Sunday October 02, 2022 @12:49AM (#33052961)
The Democrats are keeping bigfoot secret until they get the bigfoot population high enough to replace the MAGA crowd.
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Re:230K Chinese “persuaded to return” from abroad to establi... by peteradio on Sunday October 02, 2022 @12:19PM (#33057296)
Those damn democrats!!!
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Re:230K Chinese “persuaded to return” from abroad to establi... by dontlaugh on Sunday October 02, 2022 @08:47AM (#33055470)
They coined the term and publicised it. The things you described used to be called just myths.
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Re:230K Chinese “persuaded to return” from abroad to establi... by superturkey650 on Wednesday October 05, 2022 @08:10PM (#33102809)
No they didn't: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conspiracy_theory#Etymology_an...
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