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The tone of this piece makes my head explode

The big scary boogeyman of Conspiracy Theories won't save you from imperial collapse NYT

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[-] TankieTanuki@hexbear.net 17 points 3 months ago

The release of an enormous cache of files about the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein might have been expected to quell conspiracy theories

Why would confirming conspiracies make people think about conspiracies less?

[-] Transform2942@lemmy.ml 12 points 3 months ago

These disclosures are being taken to be evidence that something even larger remains concealed

I wonder how people came to that conclusion, truly shocking

[-] TankieTanuki@hexbear.net 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Information remains redacted because it is actually so mundane that the authorities were afraid it would bore us. Nothing larger remains concealed.

[-] Transform2942@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 months ago

Of course! A scheme so diabolical we would never think of it

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