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This is conspiracy dribble. Do you seriously think that there's a room full of executives at Google sitting in the dark rubbing their hands together and cacklin
by caymanjim 5y ago
This is conspiracy dribble. Do you seriously think that there's a room full of executives at Google sitting in the dark rubbing their hands together and cackling as they draw up policies to block beneficial information from spreading so that the pandemic lasts longer and they bring in more revenue?
People don't think like this except in movies. Any effort to do so would be immediately obvious to the people tasked with implementing it. And people don't keep secrets.
- captaincurrie 5y agoI think its naive to believe that they aren't. Obviously big tech has done very well during this pandemic...you think they don't know that. What do you think they talk about? And Google in particular is in a position to actually help maintain the status quo (lockdowns). Why is a business using its economic and political power to further its own interests a conspiracy theory?
- pitspotter2 5y agoThe reason these false conspiracy theories spread is because many people distrust the motives of those in charge, now more than ever I think. Motives can't be observed scientifically of course but they're still there. In a better world all rulers and experts would be well-motivated and seen to be well-motivated. In practice some of them do 'get with the program' neither because they are convinced of is correctness nor in a spirit of hand-rubbing glee, but out of mundane fear of losing the esteem of their peers.