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This odd fact will spawn thousands of conspiracy videos and crisis actor accusations. Cue ominous music…
by dcist 4y ago
This odd fact will spawn thousands of conspiracy videos and crisis actor accusations. Cue ominous music…
- alchemist1e9 4y agoDerailment can be a result of sabotage. The location is near major food and water sources. So while not exactly a conspiracy yet, it seems important to understand exactly what occurred in this derailment.
- csomar 4y agoHaving taken a few rides on America’s rails, I don’t think it needs any sabotage. It’s collapsing on its own.
- lylejantzi3rd 4y agoThat's what makes it such a great target. The decaying state of our infrastructure makes it easy to sabotage in subtle ways and then blame it on negligence.
- sambull 4y agoAlso a lack of proper physical safety measures. Known safety improvements that were recently blocked[0] specifically the requirement to run hazards/flammable liquids with ECP Brakes which reducing stopping distance by >50% and also prevent cars from building pressure in between better braking cars and derailing. [0] https://www.levernews.com/rail-companies-blocked-safety-rules-before-ohio-derailment/ https://www.levernews.com/rail-companies-blocked-safety-rule...
- andreasley 4y agoAllegedly, some axles were already on fire 20 miles before the crash: https://www.post-gazette.com/news/transportation/2023/02/10/east-palestine-train-derailment-video-fire-axle-alert/stories/202302100070 https://www.post-gazette.com/news/transportation/2023/02/10/...
- Sniffnoy 4y agoThe term you'll actually hear from the conspiracy theorists regarding this is "predictive programming".
- xwdv 4y agoI don’t know. Someone who was an extra could have easily been inspired by the movie to carry out this sabotage just a year later. It doesn’t take much to derail a train, I could go derail a train right now if I wanted to. You just need key bits of knowledge. Quick visit to a hardware store.
- lylejantzi3rd 4y agoConspiracies are a part of life and history. It pays to keep an open and curious mind.
- colpabar 4y agoDo you know the difference between a conspiracy theory and the truth? Time.
- lylejantzi3rd 4y agoJust out of curiosity, what sort of response are you expecting here? "I know the difference between reality and fantasy! The space aliens explained it all to me years ago."
- colpabar 4y agoNone really - it was a joke. Claiming that the bush administration was lying about iraq having weapons of mass destruction would have been called a conspiracy theory, yet in time, we learned it was true. I agree with you. I updated my original comment because I screwed up the wording.
- Izkata 4y agoThey were already talking about this several days ago, and the main talking point was how the media wasn't really talking about it. This is the first place I've seen people openly talk of sabotage.