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to think that far more people than we realise subscribe to conspiracy theories?

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EmmaGrundyForPM · 28/03/2024 16:59

I've gone down a bit of a rabbit hole after reading the comments on an online video of the dreadful ship accident in Baltimore.

Thousands of comments and the vast majority believe that this wasn't an accident but a deliberate act to destroy the infrastructure and economy of one of the USAs biggest ports.

Los of comments about the black smoke showing that the ship had explosives. Even when the odd sane person chips in to explain that was almost certainly due to the ship being put in hard reverse to try not to hit the bridge. Other people claiming that they've slowed down the video and it shows explosives on the bridge, even though these are clearly powerlines with electricity arcing as the bridge collapses.

And then lots of people commenting that they need Trump back in power because Biden is too feeble/?senile/left wing to realise that America is under attack.

I appreciate that most of the comments were from Americans, but I suspect the same thing might be true here. They all seem to be buying into a conspiracy with no acknowledgement that, sometimes, dreadful accidents do happen.

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NoisySnail · 29/03/2024 21:19

@TimeFlysWhenYoureHavingRum Belief in a conspiracy theory has nothing to do with intelligence.

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