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The biggest conspiracy theory I would be accused of holding at the moment is that the politicians in power and the main media are sleepwalking us into nuclear w
by swader999 2y ago
The biggest conspiracy theory I would be accused of holding at the moment is that the politicians in power and the main media are sleepwalking us into nuclear war. There's zero awareness, protest or discussion atm. Arguably we are closer to the brink than in the sixties with no diplomatic way out, just escalation.
- bee_rider 2y agoConspiracy theories often posit grand organizations that control things behind the scenes. The idea that we’re sleepwalking towards disaster seems more like the opposite of a conspiracy theory to me. I suspect there’s something a little like a conspiracy to not blow ourselves up. But it is just, like, a system of official treaties and organizations, as well as a bunch of back-channels and informal give-and-takes. It probably isn’t anywhere near as robust as we’d like it to be.
- swader999 2y agoIt's the media complicity in this, them not questioning the escalation, that leans towards my conspiratorial angle.