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The problem is the disinformation narratives tend to clump together the way that mythologies form into cults and religions by combining stories about external t
by Zigurd 3y ago
The problem is the disinformation narratives tend to clump together the way that mythologies form into cults and religions by combining stories about external threats.
You can see this in present-day disinformation because conspiracy theory adherence is rarely about one thing. it's always a package deal.
- mistermann 3y agoCareful though: we don't have any way of knowing with remotely any accuracy what the conspiracy theory world is composed of, or what conspiracy theorists believe, we only can go on what others (often very persuasively) say about them. Believe what you'd like, but at least have some realization of what's really going on.
- krapp 3y agoConspiracy theorists have entire ecosystems of boards and forums where they themselves discuss what they believe, and they often spread their beliefs openly. The premise that "the conspiracy theory world" is a black box is ridiculous.
- mistermann 3y ago> Conspiracy theorists have entire ecosystems of boards and forums where they themselves discuss what they believe, and they often spread their beliefs openly. Some of them do. > The premise that "the conspiracy theory world" is a black box is ridiculous. It is indeed - did you notice that it wasn't me who said that? You are bot criticizing conspiracy theorists, you are criticizing your internal representation of them, that's why you make unforced errors: what you see is not the thing itself. It is painful having to explain this to people over and over, and having them laugh as if it's some sort of a pseudo-scientific conspiracy theory - it is literally a scientific fact.
- cocacola1 3y ago> Believe what you'd like, but at least have some realization of what's really going on. What's really going on, though?
- mistermann 3y agoDepends how technical you want to get with your terms, like "really" and "is". :)
- cocacola1 3y agoI get the Bill Clinton reference, but to be fair, these were your terms.
- hotdogscout 3y agoHow do you deal with how so much of our current values were once persecuted as misinformation?
- stephc_int13 3y agoIt is (almost) always a package deal from all sides, because humans feel better when they are parts of a tribe. I agree that this is not a beneficial trait at this stage of our evolution, but it once was. Censorship can only reinforce the alienation and thus the internal cohesion of any tribe. Let them live and thrive and more importantly, let them counter each other.