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[–] SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world 44 points 8 months ago (22 children)

Who profits from flat Earth? Do they sell exclusive models and atlas' or something?

[–] AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip 16 points 8 months ago (6 children)

Trolls and people who sell merch and tickets to conventions. Same as alien believers

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 months ago (4 children)

Same as alien believers

I view flat Earthers and people that believe in aliens as polar opposites. Flat Earthers think that the Earth is special and the center of the universe, with the heavens revolving around us. Alien believers see the universe as being incredibly vast and recognize that there's nothing inherently special about our world and that life almost certainly exists elsewhere.

[–] rektdeckard@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

I think they were referring to alien consipracists, who much like flat earthers believe in a global hoax committed by the elite (read: Jews and Liberals) to keep us misinformed on the true nature of our reality (for some reason). In that way they are very much cut from the same cloth.

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