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Escape from the rabbit hole: the conspiracy theorist who abandoned his dangerous beliefs (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 1 year ago by kazerniel@lemmy.world to c/longreads@sh.itjust.works

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[–] I_Has_A_Hat@startrek.website 17 points 1 year ago

Says he stepped away in 2018. Interesting to note that's about when conspiracy forums took a hard turn right and went from "everyone is secretly out to get you" to "liberals are evil and the only uncorrupt bright spot in this world is conservatism and our lord, Donald J Trump."

I guess the party just wasn't as fun anymore after everyone stopped talking about aliens and started talking about things like The Storm™️. This isn't a story of someone breaking free from Qanon or the Cult of Donald. This is an OG conspiracy theorist who saw his spaces get taken over by this new wave of partisan conspiracies and went "yikes, you guys are crazy! I'm getting out of here!"

[–] Daqu@feddit.de 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He has been replaced by one of THEM to spread misinformation. Do not listen to the lies of the evil lizards.

[–] No_Ones_Slick_Like_Gaston@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wow, more chemtrails over Deutschland will fix that view point, let me get working on it.

[–] Daqu@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago

I'm sitting in a pyramid next to my orgon buster. Good luck trying to mess up my mind!

[–] Gekkonen@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 year ago

Conspiracists have a “fantasy of justice”, hoping that the evil-doing elites can be arrested and stopped. “Conspiracy theorists get the facts wrong but often get the feelings right,” she writes. “The feeling that every human misery is someone else’s profit

Insightful.