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When people lose faith in the people who are supposed to be telling the truth, they look for other things to fill the gap. The media is unreliable to say the le
by kodyo 6y ago
When people lose faith in the people who are supposed to be telling the truth, they look for other things to fill the gap. The media is unreliable to say the least, government is compromised and corrupt, the academy is both self-serving and "woke." Why wouldn't alternative explanations for things seem appealing at this point?
- throwaway_pdp09 6y agoYour post is the 4th made from an account created 12 months ago. What that means I don't know. But it's signalling a lot of 'you can't trust anything' which is interesting.
- kodyo 6y ago"What that means I don't know." I see you're doing your own research. Very QAnon.
- throwaway_pdp09 6y agoShould I not do research and checking?
- kodyo 6y agoNo, I was messing with you. I don't post a lot. But I'm a sucker for conversations about the consequences of our institutions being full of shit.
- blackflame7000 6y agoNot the way you do it.
- throwaway_pdp09 6y agoHow should I have done it?
- sintaxi 6y agoMaybe don't use an account created less than 12 months ago to raise suspicions on another account for being created less than 12 months ago.
- luckylion 6y agoEspecially when those alternative explanations are exciting (Spies everywhere!) and simple ("Oh, so that's why!") instead of boring, vague, complex, and nuanced. I believe there's also a fair bit of package-deals. If you believe in one thing, you trust people more who also believe in that thing ("they see the world as it really is"). If they also believe in something else, that's a strong vote for that other thing.