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We’ve had some pretty compelling ‘wtf?’ things happen where the truth was kind of remarkable. - 7 WTC collapse - Jefferey Epstein suicide - Wuhan virology la
by runawaybottle 5y ago
We’ve had some pretty compelling ‘wtf?’ things happen where the truth was kind of remarkable.
- 7 WTC collapse
- Jefferey Epstein suicide
- Wuhan virology lab incidentally being in Wuhan doing bat stuff
- Yes, Bush did make up lies about WMDs
- Yes, the entire finance industry ran a scam with securitized mortgages.
- They’ve been cheating in baseball every other decade.
If we go back further:
- Mmmhmm, that whole Gulf of Tonkin thing.
- Watergate
- Someone shot Kennedy
Why do people believe in conspiracy theories? Read the above list. Crazy stuff has been happening for a long time.
- ravenstine 5y agoHell, just look at the many things the CIA has been involved in and tell me that there are no conspiracies.
- justin_oaks 5y agoDon't forget the Snowden revelations about the NSA. Only that one truly surprised me. The events of the world do have some unexpected turns, but there's a difference between conspiracy theory and something real but unexpected. As mentioned in the article, conspiracy theories are based on little evidence and seeing patterns that aren't there. It's much better to be suspicious of real events that are unexpected or improbable than to believe in something with little evidence.
- lostgame 5y agoOr good old MK-ULTRA, of course. :P Nothing is better conspiracy fodder than ‘the government tried to practice mind control by force feeding people LSD,’ etc - and this is actual declassified government papers. Freaky stuff.