I find that a large number of conspiracy theories are asking the right questions, just not providing the right answers. Does big tech want to control our minds with 5G towers and microchips hidden in covid vaccines? Probably not. Does big tech want to control our minds with social media and invasive advertising? Absolutely. Is the world controlled by a secret society of lizard people? Probably not. Is the world controlled by a not-so-secret society of billionaires and politicians? To a large extent. Even those awful racist or bigoted conspiracy theories start to sound somewhat ~~palpable~~ palatable if you filter out the racist or bigoted part. Do Jews make life for the rest of us miserable by controlling the economy? No. But replace "Jews" with "the owning class", and suddenly it kind of makes sense.

EDIT: Is the government putting chemicals in the water that turn frogs gay? No. Are corporations putting chemicals in water bottles that turn frogs into hermaphrodites? Literally yes

EDIT PART TWO - ELECTRIC BOOGALOO: Palatable, not palpable. Words are hard.

[–] RandomVideos@programming.dev 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

So replace the noun with "rich people" and it is true?

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yes. Antisemitism complains about the right things with the wrong target.

[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca -1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The anti semetics might be right, but only if the rich people who are doing the bad thing are also Jewish.

Bluntly, I don't think they're doing it because they're Jewish, it's because they're rich and entitled. But not all rich people are Jewish and not all Jewish people are rich, so it's likely that they're wrong.

Still a fucked up thing to say/think.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

They're not right, because as you said the fact that some of the shitty rich people are Jewish isn't why they're doing the shitty things.

[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 2 points 8 months ago

I would clarify, but I don't give enough of a shit to bother.

Anti semites can eat all the dicks.

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