Sunday, 30 August 2020

A Brief History of Conspiracy Theories

There is only one conspiracy - men of power and wealth run a system that maintains and expands their power and wealth. And it's not much of a secret.

The rest goes like this.

They didn't believe that one man shot JFK, so they don't have to trust the government. Doesn't matter because it doesn't change the fact that one President and one assassin died. The rest is history.

They didn't believe that Apollo 11 landed on the Moon, so they don't have to trust the government or NASA. Doesn't really matter as your life doesn't change much just because people went to the Moon.

They don't believe in a round Earth, so they don't have to trust the government, NASA or science. Doesn't matter - the Sun still rises and falls, satellite TV and sat nav still works even if they go la la la with their fingers in their ears when you try to explain.

Yeah, so far, they can be left to their petty little delusions, they're not really hurting anyone. Shall we continue?

They don't believe vaccines are safe, and now they definitely don't trust the government or science. Even though most of them are old enough to have been vaccinated and maybe to be alive due to herd immunity.

Only now it matters because children are dying.

They don't believe in COVID-19, wearing masks, social distancing because they still don't trust the government and science. 

And people are still dying and are going to stay ill for a very long time.

And most of all, this is where it all ends. They don't believe in anthropomorphic climate change, because they don't trust the government, NASA or science. It's nothing to do with them because they were right about JFK, the Moon, the Flat Earth, vaccines and COVID-19. Job done

It matters. Do I really need to spell out how much more it matters than any of the crap above?

Meanwhile, there has only been one conspiracy - men of power and wealth run a system that maintains and expands their power and wealth. And it's not much of a secret.

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