Being a conspiracy theorist has become a tool of survival. Becoming one starts by acknowledging the evil, deception, lies, and malfeasance at the hands of our leaders. This is the most difficult step, and where the vast majority is lost to cognitive dissonance.
This article does a good job explaining how they make themselves feel better about their lack of facts. Which stems from their lack of courage in wanting to know any.
This is why their debates with critical thinkers always ends with their own defeat. They concede the debate the moment they deviate from the topic and attack (or label) whoever's presenting the facts they're afraid of.
Their "credible sources" are Pied Pipers, their reality is the hive-mind, and they themselves should be mocked as coincidence theorists (hence the name) for accepting multitudes of them with each conspiracy theory they dismiss.
"Meanwhile, the very voices that predicted what would happen—accurately and ahead of time—are brushed aside because they don’t carry the institutional watermark. Wrong label, right answer? Too bad. You're still out."
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I sometimes explain this as "Just because you ended up being correct doesn't mean you were right."
Many people I encounter are so brainwashed by media that they can't see two inches in front of their noses, and if you ever challenge them on the propaganda they find there, like Pavlov's dog they will call you a conspiracy theorist. They will then turn up their nose and walk away with a heightened sense of superiority.
The term "conspiracy theory" is remarkably adept at turning off all critical thinking like a light switch in a large portion of the people I have personally met.
Conditioning the public to react this way has to have been one of the most effective PSYOPs ever pushed onto the general population.
It is equal parts diabolic and brilliant, and it means that the elites can get away with just about anything with little to no scrutiny because everyone is too afraid to point out that the emperor has no clothes lest they be labeled a "conspiracy theorist".
Being a conspiracy theorist has become a tool of survival. Becoming one starts by acknowledging the evil, deception, lies, and malfeasance at the hands of our leaders. This is the most difficult step, and where the vast majority is lost to cognitive dissonance.
This article does a good job explaining how they make themselves feel better about their lack of facts. Which stems from their lack of courage in wanting to know any.
This is why their debates with critical thinkers always ends with their own defeat. They concede the debate the moment they deviate from the topic and attack (or label) whoever's presenting the facts they're afraid of.
Their "credible sources" are Pied Pipers, their reality is the hive-mind, and they themselves should be mocked as coincidence theorists (hence the name) for accepting multitudes of them with each conspiracy theory they dismiss.
"Meanwhile, the very voices that predicted what would happen—accurately and ahead of time—are brushed aside because they don’t carry the institutional watermark. Wrong label, right answer? Too bad. You're still out."
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I sometimes explain this as "Just because you ended up being correct doesn't mean you were right."
Excellent.
Many people I encounter are so brainwashed by media that they can't see two inches in front of their noses, and if you ever challenge them on the propaganda they find there, like Pavlov's dog they will call you a conspiracy theorist. They will then turn up their nose and walk away with a heightened sense of superiority.
The term "conspiracy theory" is remarkably adept at turning off all critical thinking like a light switch in a large portion of the people I have personally met.
Conditioning the public to react this way has to have been one of the most effective PSYOPs ever pushed onto the general population.
It is equal parts diabolic and brilliant, and it means that the elites can get away with just about anything with little to no scrutiny because everyone is too afraid to point out that the emperor has no clothes lest they be labeled a "conspiracy theorist".
Yes it's quite insidious...and quite despicable!
My little story.
https://alphaandomegacloud.wordpress.com/the-emperors-new-cows/?frame-nonce=7a532bdc68
Turfseer’s music video The Emperor’s New Clothes. The iconic children’s story is likened to the tyrannical governors of today.
https://turfseer.substack.com/p/the-emperors-new-clothes
Well that pic can be a before and after. Before seems like crazy but then after time conspiracies seem more like truth in time
Very well written analysis. Wonderful illustration as well, maybe it's AI generated but it's picture perfect.
I propose a new term: Conspiracy Empiricist.
Conspiracy Theorists have theories.
Conspiracy Empiricists have evidence.