• RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    I miss when conspiracy theories were somewhat fun and mostly harmless. Black helicopters, CIA mind control, hidden aliens…usually the forte of those afflicted with questionable mental health.

    Now? Conspiracies are nurtured and pushed with paid troll farms and wingnuts high on winning at literally any cost. Deliberately designed to harm and damage. Overwhelming the ability of reason and rebuttal to make a solid defense. Worse are those who so easily believe bullshit over decades or a century of objective proof of any kind.

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      5 months ago

      The first conspiracy was Watergate.

      After Watergate, Late night FM (new at the time) programming filled with a bunch of “Well what else is the government hiding from us?”

      Someone eventually proclaimed that aliens were covered up at the Roswell Incident, which everyone had forgotten about after 20 years.

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        Kennedy assassination was before Watergate… Pretty sure there were immediate conspiracy theories with that one.