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.
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