Why conspiracy theories have taken over politics and pop culture - Glenn Greenwald, a lawyer, author and journalist who broke the Snowden revelations, outlines the allure and inner-workings of conspiratorial thinking

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[–]magnora7 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Conspiracies are becoming popular because it's finally clicking how much those in power and those in the media are constantly lying to us. Conspiracy theories are just attempts to see past the lies and see the truth.

[–]CheekyCunt 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

It is amazing how many "crackpot" conspiracies theories turned out to be right on the money. Before Snowden, their was ample evidence of ubiquitous government surveillance, but it was considered a far fetched conspiracy theory.

[–]JasonCarswellPlatinum Foil Fedora 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

These guys are useful and very good - TO A POINT. Assange, Snowden, Greenwald, Scahill, Chomsky, Ellsberg = SHEEPDOG LIFETIME ACTOR LIMITED HANGOUTS as LEFT LIMIT OF OVERTON WINDOW & wont question 9/11 the very origin of PERPETUAL GLOBAL TERROR WAR.

On the RIGHT you have Alex Jones who loves Trump, Zionists, etc. and won't commit to debunking obvious hoaxes like Sandy Hook, Boston "bombing", Las Vegas, and the Manchester Arena "bombing".

(I love Ariana Grande and could forgive her if she dumped that clown to come live in my dungeon. To be clear... 1) I don't listen to her music 2) I am poor 3) that's why I live in a dungeon 4) I'm not into BDSM 5) I'm not into cosplay but could learn 6) after all, I went to Burning Man for 10 years in a row (wish I still could).)