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As entertaining as they are, unfortunately these conspiracy theories are usually a bit racist since they deny agency to the actual cultures that have made this
by strangeloops85 4y ago
As entertaining as they are, unfortunately these conspiracy theories are usually a bit racist since they deny agency to the actual cultures that have made this monumental architecture. Which is to say, the implicit comment in many of these ridiculous theories (including ancient aliens or whatever) is: "there's no way Polynesian culture could accomplish this".
Of course, there is plenty of archeological evidence of precisely how the moai were built, and why they were later toppled.
- triyambakam 4y agoI haven't come across that at all. And actually it's the opposite. That the conventional view is that the ancient culture is very primitive, while the alternative ("conspiracy theorist") views are that the people were more technologically advanced than given credit for.
- ceejayoz 4y agoIt's not always opposite; "aliens built the pyramids" theories often rest on "the Egyptians couldn't have built it this big/precise", for example.
- tmn 4y agoWhat are these conspiracy theories? If I'm on the same page as you, these discussions are all around trying to reason about forgotten history. No conspiracy required.
- canadianfella 4y ago[dead]
- swayvil 4y agoThat ism logic has always tickled me. Thing X is popular. Therefore disassociating group Y from X is rude to Y. But never a thought that X might not actually be so cool. It says something about the way our minds work.