Mwa@thelemmy.club 2 months ago
Prob bcs they believe in conspiracy theories or watch and use and engage in sites that show this info
Mwa@thelemmy.club 2 months ago
Prob bcs they believe in conspiracy theories or watch and use and engage in sites that show this info
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Why the link to conspiracy theories?
Why would knowledge of MKUltra or the Iran–Contra turn someone right wing?
Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
I would imagine it gives you the taste of “everyone is lying to you” and then latch on to… Other people still lying to you, but it’s just randoms online, they’d never lie like govt or the MSM.
It’s easy to fall into if you don’t have the critical thinking skills to sift through what is/isn’t bullshit.
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I’m still not getting it. How does this lead to right wing? Why can’t conspiracies lead to left wing support?
Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
I think it leads people to the fringe in general, I wasn’t making the case for right wing specifically.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I’ve seen more than a few people assert “horseshoe theory” on this subject. Since the Far Left and the Far Right are the same, they turn you right by sending you left.
Anti-Americanism makes you a Trump supporter or Xi supporter or whatever. And these fucked secret programs from the 60s and 70s make you anti-American. Ergo…
Mwa@thelemmy.club 2 months ago
Bcs before I would see them believing in conspiracy theories most of them where in Instagram
Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
It’s been going on long before insta lol
Mwa@thelemmy.club 2 months ago
yeah like those “free speech” social media