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What is the most unhinged conspiracy theory? (lemm.ee)

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 5 months ago (6 children)

Flat-earthers, and I see it as the most unhinged for one simple reason:

It seemingly has no -- Stakes?

With every other conspiracy, whether it be related to 5G or Fluoride in the Water or Vaccines or whatever, there is ~someone~ who is consolidating a shit-ton of power or wealth through their conspiring, y'know?

But with Flat Eartherism.... ? Like. Imagine you got control of every educational institution. You use it to convince people the planet is the wrong shape. And by doing that you gain.... -- What exactly? It just seems pointless? We know what people do when they have power to manipulate people on that level, because history tells us. And they generally don't bother with the shape of the planet.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago (2 children)

They're usually also Biblical literalists, who believe that their infallible God-authored Bible says the Earth is flat ("four corners", covered in a dome, etc), thus the globe is an attack on Christianity. The worldly institutions are all controlled by the devil, who wants Christians to doubt their Bible and their belief in God.