Conspiracy theorists are different because there isn’t much of a cost to believing a conspiracy theory. If I think reptilian aliens have secretly taken over the government, I’m probably not going to do anything about it other than ranting online, which is harmless to me. I’m still going to pay my bills with real money and put license plates on my car. I might lose some friends who think I’m crazy but I’ll make new conspiracy-theorist friends. I’m not going to wreck my life by breaking the law like these guys are doing.
for anyone who needs to see an example of a more dangerous conspiracy theory, look no further than the ‘Stop the Steal’ movement, that resulted in numerous lives being wrecked during the Jan 6 Insurrection.
I think this is the thing that most confuses me about all these sovcits, they are presented with demonstrable evidence and refuse to accept it
Every sovcit interaction is answered with either “you win”, “it’ll work itself out in court”, or “the system is ignoring its own rules to win”.
Every prayer is answered with “yes”, “no”, or “later”.
Unfalsifiable claims gonna be unfalsifiable.
You mean like conspiracy theorists?
Conspiracy theorists are different because there isn’t much of a cost to believing a conspiracy theory. If I think reptilian aliens have secretly taken over the government, I’m probably not going to do anything about it other than ranting online, which is harmless to me. I’m still going to pay my bills with real money and put license plates on my car. I might lose some friends who think I’m crazy but I’ll make new conspiracy-theorist friends. I’m not going to wreck my life by breaking the law like these guys are doing.
Depends on the conspiracy
for anyone who needs to see an example of a more dangerous conspiracy theory, look no further than the ‘Stop the Steal’ movement, that resulted in numerous lives being wrecked during the Jan 6 Insurrection.
Great example