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TIL - we believe in our “Conspiracy Theories” only out of spite because we feel inferior to the experts and authorities.

submitted by Steelerfish to ClownWorld 1 monthMar 10, 2025 15:56:32 ago (+14/-0)     (studyfinds.org)

https://studyfinds.org/conspiracy-theories-spite/

These authors truly believe they are superior- that they are “The Science”, and penned the study findings with all the arrogance of an elitist disgusted by the unwashed masses.
Even going as far as flouting it as “fact checked” and “verified”…
How the fuck do you “verify” that interpreting raw data and forming a contradictory conclusion than the approved “experts” is done purely from spite?

It’s pure psychological projection of their actual inferiority and manipulation of data and fact.
An Allinski tactic to isolate, ridicule, and eliminate legitimate debate.

I pray they suffer from a “medical coincidence” -of course completely unrelated to having been boosted for every variation of COVID and flu possible.


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[ - ] zongongo 5 points 1 monthMar 10, 2025 16:09:22 ago (+5/-0)

Utter bullshit.

Look at the number of "Conspiracy theories" that have been proven true.

Some people seek truth, others try to hide truth.

[ - ] Steelerfish [op] 2 points 1 monthMar 10, 2025 16:15:40 ago (+2/-0)

[ - ] Master_B 0 points 1 monthMar 10, 2025 17:41:28 ago (+0/-0)

More like in the matrix.

[ - ] Sleazy 5 points 1 monthMar 10, 2025 16:03:00 ago (+5/-0)

fake news

[ - ] Anus_Expander 3 points 1 monthMar 10, 2025 17:03:03 ago (+3/-0)

Today's CT is tomorrow's breaking news

[ - ] IdentifyShills 0 points 1 monthMar 12, 2025 10:31:58 ago (+0/-0)

Where I come from if something isn't true it's called a lie.

Not:

Racist
Antisemitic
Bigotry
Conspiracy Theory

[ - ] dalai_llama 3 points 1 monthMar 10, 2025 16:08:13 ago (+3/-0)

Do they actually believe the stuff they say or do they just use propaganda like this to influence your acquiescence? It's entirely possible that they know they are lying but just think it's for our own good. Not that I agree with them or believe they should be defended.

It's like how those Mayan priests would lie to people about solar eclipses. I doubt they actually believe the shit they make up.

I guess, my point is that it's probably not worth it to be upset about the lying because it's kind of a given that all of this psychological manipulation is bullshit at this point.

Otherwise, I like your post and think it is a worthwhile topic to consider.

[ - ] Master_B 2 points 1 monthMar 10, 2025 17:40:58 ago (+2/-0)

It seems to me it's cognitive dissonance.
Take convid for example. People really bought it, made sacrifices, lost jobs, friends, yadayada.
Now if you tell them that the pandemic (that started 0:00 jan. 1st 2020 and had a average age of mortality higher than average life expectance) is fake, they simply will refuse to accept/ process that.
They're in the matrix.

Check reddit.com r/OpenlyFallible/
That's some endless drivel about conspiracies/ sCiEncE/FaCtS/etc. that's written by someone in his free time. absolute madness.

[ - ] dalai_llama 1 point 1 monthMar 10, 2025 19:42:48 ago (+1/-0)

Well I agree the intended audience believes it. I guess what I mean is whether or not the source from which the manipulative disinformation emanates actually believes it. Like in your example, I am pretty sure Fauci doesn't even believe most of the covid disinformation. He's even publicly made contradictory statements about the effectiveness of recommended actions like masks and distancing. I believe most of the people that make the disinformation don't believe it because their true intention is just mass psychological manipulation. And I'm not saying "mass psychological manipulation" in a way that should convey conspiratorial connotations because I believe that mass psychological manipulation has been a key tool that leaders throughout history have used. I'm not excusing or endorsing the tactic I am simply acknowledging that it exists.

[ - ] Master_B 1 point 1 monthMar 11, 2025 06:05:10 ago (+1/-0)

That's probably the case. There is an agenda that's being pushed and the bullshit narrative is just to get the people there.

They believe in yhe agenda.

[ - ] Steelerfish [op] 1 point 1 monthMar 10, 2025 16:11:25 ago (+1/-0)

Do they actually believe the stuff they say or do they just use propaganda like this to influence your acquiescence? It's entirely possible that they know they are lying but just think it's for our own good


The answer is “yes”…..

[ - ] dalai_llama 0 points 1 monthMar 10, 2025 16:50:21 ago (+0/-0)

How would you know that, unless you're one of them.

[ - ] RollinDaGrassTyson 1 point 1 monthMar 10, 2025 21:15:55 ago (+1/-0)

Normies never used the terms disinformation or misinformation until after March 2020.

[ - ] IdentifyShills 0 points 1 monthMar 12, 2025 10:35:27 ago (+0/-0)

I have never heard anyone say that in person.

It's always a journalist, social media, news media, influencer who uses this style of verbiage.

[ - ] Deplorablepoetry 1 point 1 monthMar 10, 2025 16:31:56 ago (+1/-0)

Why is Alec Baldwin not behind bars for committing cold blooded murder?

Only the communist knows

[ - ] Hobama 0 points 1 monthMar 10, 2025 21:34:27 ago (+0/-0)

They ‘believe’ what they are paid to believe.

[ - ] Joe_McCarthy 0 points 1 monthMar 10, 2025 20:28:34 ago (+0/-0)

Maybe sometimes.

I've seen all kinds of data here. Believers in conspiracy theories can often be very well educated people formally. They can also be groups like blacks or Muslims.

[ - ] NuckFiggers 0 points 1 monthMar 10, 2025 20:24:40 ago (+0/-0)

Almost every theory I believed in they called a conspiracy has been proven true