Everything is a Conspiracy

It's because everything that is normal is a lie and only suckers fall for it (most people) and the conspiracy theorists are the only enlightened ones to save humanity.

What is the psychology behind this worldview? How correct are conspiracy theorists? Are they dangerous or is it normal conformist folks?

Oh, I dunno. I'm learning more and more that some conspiracies are based on truth. Think about the Russia collusion and Trump that was a complete lie! And the conspiracy about the Covid vaccines with heart problems that turned out to be true.

KO896 said:

Oh, I dunno. I'm learning more and more that some conspiracies are based on truth. Think about the Russia collusion and Trump that was a complete lie! And the conspiracy about the Covid vaccines with heart problems that turned out to be true.

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You're somewhat correct I think.

"Everything is a conspiracy" is derived from two mentalities:

1. "The world is against me." People like this are convinced that if anything opposes them, it's a conspiracy by x, y and z players.
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2. Pure brainwashing. My uncle is a diehard Republic who will happily be spoon-fed propaganda by his daddy trump. If you counter him with logic, he either makes excuses or changes the topic entirely. Standard Republican behavior.

The brainwashing is primarily what it is. Too many people watch TV and take everything a red politician says at face value. But yet if the politician is blue, "they're full of shit."

I have yet to see Alex Jones' predicted genocide and it's already a few years until 2030.

And, on top of that, the massive power Trump has shown against immigrants etc. shows that the Bill Gates type people are way less powerful than thought.

This thread is a conspiracy. Controlled opposition by the government. You’re probably behind the water that turned the friggen frogs gay.

Controlled opposition to give the illusion of democracy, lol. But some governments like Putin can't even handle one and will imprison, assassinate the leaders.

Note: Russia's opposition is very weak, so what's there to fear?

There's proof of conspiracies right in this very thread.

The talk instantly turned to conservative conspiracy theories, totally ignoring the ones on the other side.