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Most conspiracy theories at least could be true (ex. vaccines cause autism, wifi/5G is dangerous, 9/11 was an inside job), but how do people make the jump to "R
by giarc 1y ago
Most conspiracy theories at least could be true (ex. vaccines cause autism, wifi/5G is dangerous, 9/11 was an inside job), but how do people make the jump to "Royal Family were shape-shifting lizards"?
- salawat 1y agoJungian symbolism. Royalty is an institution composed of humans (faces change over time, shape shifter) that think, act, and are treated differently than anyone else; generally making decisions that can severely change the trajectory of human lives around them (reptiloid, cold blooded). It's only hard to make the leap if you're too biased toward rational faculties. Your irrational faculties can make the leap fairly trivially.
- roryirvine 1y agoIt's one of the more common fringe beliefs in the UK, having been popularised by a notorious conspiracy theorist, David Icke: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reptilian_conspiracy_theory#David_Icke https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reptilian_conspiracy_theory#Da... The theory is loosely based on the Protcols of the Elders of Zion, only with lizards instead of Jews. It's complete nonsense, but Icke was fairly well-known in the UK at the time so his association with it gained it more attention than it would have got otherwise.