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minus-squareCarrolade@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·2 months agoLet’s not forget the internet has an outsized proportion of kids on it. When you’re a kid, conspiracy theories sound more fun and less dumb. Bit different when Elon Musk does it, he should know better.
minus-squareacosmichippo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoelon does know better, he just doesn’t give a shit.
minus-squareBrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months agoI also wouldn’t put it past kids to be the ones inventing and amplifying them while simultaneously not believing any of it.
minus-squareGiddyGap@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months ago Bit different when Elon Musk does it, he should know better. Unfortunately, conspiracy theories attract voters. As long as these theories benefit the people in power, they’ll keep spewing them even when they know they are wrong.
Let’s not forget the internet has an outsized proportion of kids on it. When you’re a kid, conspiracy theories sound more fun and less dumb.
Bit different when Elon Musk does it, he should know better.
elon does know better, he just doesn’t give a shit.
I also wouldn’t put it past kids to be the ones inventing and amplifying them while simultaneously not believing any of it.
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Unfortunately, conspiracy theories attract voters. As long as these theories benefit the people in power, they’ll keep spewing them even when they know they are wrong.