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I have a theory - the anti-academia and anti-science movements propped up by social media and youtube docs (you know the pages and channels I'm talkkng about)
by gota 4y ago
I have a theory - the anti-academia and anti-science movements propped up by social media and youtube docs (you know the pages and channels I'm talkkng about) were supported financially, if not actively orchestrated by, big oil companies
I mean - flat earthers, anti-vaccine, ancient aliens, etc.
The goal being to discredit public belif in "specialists" as a whole - hopong to discredit climate scientists which are/were the first to voice concerns about climate change
I base this on absolutely nothing concrete, of course. I say this mostly in jest, but the fact its even conceivable is representative of the state of affairs...
- juanani 4y ago
- ziml77 4y agoThe creation of conspiracy theorists is itself a conspiracy? An interesting thought if nothing else. After seeing Veritasium's latest video about leaded gasoline and how the creator and others behind it knowingly lied to people about its safety, I wouldn't certainly can't put something like this past the oil companies. The global demand for oil certainly gives them a lot of money and influence. (To be very clear: I'm not saying that I think this is actually what's happening)
- webmaven 4y agoThe constituencies served by these folks is a much bigger tent than that. Pesticides, tobacco, pharmaceuticals, big agriculture, various cultural and political movements, and many other industries and groups often have a vested interest in spiking the efforts of the Reality Based Community. It isn't just Big Oil (though they're certainly the biggest monolithic player).