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> News of the vaccination programme led to a banning of vaccination in areas controlled by the Pakistan Taliban, and added to existing scepticism surrounding th
by danans 3y ago
> News of the vaccination programme led to a banning of vaccination in areas controlled by the Pakistan Taliban, and added to existing scepticism surrounding the sincerity of public health efforts by the international health community.
If I recall correctly, the conspiracy theory that emerged was that vaccines were secretly being used to render the people sterile.
It is interesting how 8 years later nearly the same line of thinking took hold in the West (albeit with claim of injected mind control chips) amid anti-vaxxers.
- krapp 3y ago>It is interesting how 8 years later nearly the same line of thinking took hold in the West (albeit with claim of injected mind control chips) amid anti-vaxxers. That line of thinking always existed in the West, among the "Mark of the Beast" set. The interesting thing is the degree to which it, and conspiratorial politics in general, became so normalized in such a short time. Also how the anti-vax movement switched from a generally leftist ideology to being captured by right-wing identity politics.
- starcraft2wol 3y agoThe parties have realigned around populism.
- Mountain_Skies 3y agoInteresting how many people realigned their values instead of changing their party loyalty.
- starcraft2wol 3y agoIndeed, although some of the same groups still feel supported but just not for the same reasons as before.
- Kye 3y agoThe actual program of sterilizing indigenous people and experimenting on black people in the US sure didn't help. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sterilization_of_Native_American_women https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sterilization_of_Native_Americ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuskegee_Syphilis_Study https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuskegee_Syphilis_Study Notions of conspiracy form easily when reality provides so much material.
- wahnfrieden 3y agoIsrael also sterilized Ethiopian Jews without their consent
- vGPU 3y agoConsidering the United States forcefully sterilized some 70,000 people, and that there is an ongoing investigation over nonconsensual sterilization procedures being performed by the government three years ago, your handwaving over “conspiracy theorists” is pointless. After all, it isn’t like the government has a long history of eugenics, forcefully drugging people for weeks at a time with combinations of LSD, barbiturates, and other fun stuff, right? Our government would never do that.
- danans 3y ago> Considering the United States forcefully sterilized some 70,000 people, and that there is an ongoing investigation over nonconsensual sterilization procedures being performed by the government three years ago Context is everything. The US government did that in the context of their genocidal war against indigenous peoples. There were fully transparent laws on the books that rewarded people for murdering native populations. No conspiracy needed. As for your claim from 3 years ago, you've thrown out an allegation without providing any evidence. Involuntary sterilizations likely do occur, but that's far from an indication of a systemic government conspiracy. The context of COVID vaccines was a global pandemic, not a genocide. Also, nobody has shown up at the hospital yet to discover that their ailments were caused by a malfunctioning mind control chip delivered in a vaccine. Defect rates for such a "chip" if it existed would not be that low.
- kian 3y ago"Three generations of imbeciles is enough" doesn't ring a bell for you, eh? Those who don't read history...
- vGPU 3y ago> Of the 7,600 women who were sterilized by the state between the years of 1933 and 1973, about 5,000 were African American. Stop lying. You come in with a false faith argument and can’t be bothered to research elementary facts.
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- bhk 3y agoOne thing that boosts conspiracy theories is the existence of conspiracy agencies in the government.