Post #1973981
2026-03-06 09:30 UTC
We're so used to #conspiracy theorists being on the ever-encroaching fringe, with soapboxes and megaphones, selling insurance and supplements, that we're unequipped to see what happens when they are given actual power.
We expect the conspiracies to be additive at worst. Then we see them multiply and think that they're just multiplicative. And we're left wondering what happened we realized they positive feedback loop we've allowed.
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@cora@hachyderm.io 2026-03-06 09:31
Each distraction a misdirection from a deeper and more consequential hidden truth, scaling upward and downward just far enough beyond what rationality allows, the sensible public and their remaining upright leadership finding their last opportunity for denial being that of being on the losing end of a pursuit curve. We find, too late, that while we have spent our energy persuading ourselves that these things are highly improbable, the conspiracists have been broadening their minds to the possible. 3/3