Comment on UFO believer Ashton Forbes falls for $3k scam with fake evidence
fsxylo@sh.itjust.works 2 years agoConspiracy 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.
LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Rediphile@lemmy.ca 2 years 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 2 years 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”