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[–]DffrntDrmmr 1 insightful - 3 fun1 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 3 fun -  (3 children)

I've spent my whole life trying to discern what's real, so to me, the whole "I see conspiracies" mindset is whack.

None of the 'conspiracies' you get excited about are real. The world doesn't work that way. For one thing, you give humans way too much credit for concocting these schemes, coordinating with others, carrying them out successfully, and keeping their mouths shut afterward. If only humans were that capable!

[–]Chipit[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

It's not a "council of evil" with meetings in deserted castles during a thunderstorm. But it is a hivemind. Sort of like the Linux kernel or open source in general. People know what to do without being told.

Hey, did you know the CIA dosed people with LSD in an attempt to control their minds? Crazy conspiracy theory, right? Guess what, it actually happened. Know who came up with the term conspiracy theory to get people to laugh at the truth? The CIA. Yup, it happened!

Did you know the NSA committed multiple extremely serious felonies by breaking laws meant to keep us safe from them spying on us? It happened, we have proof. Everyone but one person were capable enough to keep their mouths shut about it.

How about the CNN debate moderator leaking the debate questions to the Democrats? That happened too. Everyone kept quiet about it.

[–]DffrntDrmmr 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Those weren't conspiracy theories, but were situations learned after the fact. it's normal to not advertise everything being done, and of course, intelligence services operate clandestinely.

But the many conspiracy theories discussed on the Internet are not true.

[–]Chipit[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

They were totally conspiracy theories...until they were proved true. Who knew thousands of people could keep quiet about the NSA spying on us, in violation of law passed by Congress? There were people on the internet saying we were being spied on for decades, and they were dismissed as crazies. Because thousands of people would have to be involved, nobody can coordinate an operation that big, etc.

Did you know that intelligence agencies participate in discussions like this? They do what you're doing, pooh pooh ideas. They also add easily debunked lies to true ideas and propogate them, making people doubt the truth. We know this for a fact.