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Conspiracy Theorists Say Global Outage Was an Attack on Trump (gizmodo.com)
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[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 11 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I am.

There are absolutely actual conspiracies, but this isn't one of them. This in no way hurts or helps either candidate, even if it's somehow a cyber attack (doubt it). Given that there was no real government response here, I don't see any reason for the government to have colluded with this security company. I think it's just an oops, and these things happen.

This is just an attempt to piggy-back off the news cycle and get another mention for your candidate. That's literally all it is.

[–] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I should have been more clear. This conspiracy theory is crazy. However, as I have heard conspiracy theories in the past that were labeled as conspiracy theories that turned out to be true, I'm not discounting all conspiracy theories just this particular one.

[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Someone pointed out once that the conspiratorial nature of some people is exacerbated by the fact that the government does actually perpetrate real conspiracies. The people don't inherently trust that the government acts in their best interest, because that trust has been broken often.

Conspiracy theorists are justified to be paranoid towards government actors, but they are not justified to invent facts for which there is little evidence and draw irrational conclusions upon the possibility of "being right."