I think i figured out something conspiracy theorists. It always baffled me that they can be completely wrong, but when something happens that tangential to the

I think i figured out something conspiracy theorists. It always baffled me that they can be completely wrong, but when something happens that tangential to their position, they feel vindicated and therefore even more rooted in thair beliefs. I used to believe they lack nuance. I now believe they lack both structure an nuance. Conspiracy theories operate as a word cloud. If a real world event happens to correspond to at least two keywords, bingo, "I told you so", the theory is vindicated. It is irrelevant that the Luca app was not the official app. It is irrelevant that Canadian IT infra needs simplifications. It is irrelevant that when you install an app you see the permissions it needs. It is irrelevant that there are valid reasons to use 2FA for government online resources. "Police", "covid app" -> it was a way to track and monitor individuals from the start. Covid was the tool to drive acceptance. "Government", "id app" -> same Conspiracy theorists really are satisfied with "in the same galactic sector" levels of accuracy.