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[-] [email protected] 42 points 2 years ago

Most conspiracy theories really have little to do with the belief itself, the people that get sucked in are often just lonely and looking for a purpose.

[-] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago

I also believe that a lot of conspiracy theories were started as jokes, with a core group of reasonably smart people LARPing a ridiculous position. What I wonder about is how many of those people LARPed so long and hard that they came to believe their own BS.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

More likely, a bunch of people joined who didn't understand it was a joke (fairly common online)

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