Conspiracy nuts are verifiably one of the easiest groups to manipulate. You convince them you are one of them and you can make them do/believe anything you want.
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stoy@lemmy.zip 10 months ago
I think it is funny, cospiracy nuts allways claim to have and open mind, but they tend to be increadibly close minded when talking about facts.
fsxylo@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 10 months ago
[deleted]Rediphile@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
Anyone good at guarding themselves against people trying to fuck with people doesn’t become a conspiracy theorist in the first place.
fsxylo@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Conspiracy theorists claim that, but really they simply take the position “government bad” and lazily cease any further critical thinking. Which is why it’s easy to rile them up by framing any act of government as an “attack on your freedoms”
DigitalTraveler42@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Back on r/conspiracy it was always interesting how many of them were also okay with Nazis and sources like The Daily Stormer, it was no surprise when that sub basically became the second r/the_donald.