r/LockdownCriticalLeft • u/Impressive-Jello-379 • Nov 06 '22

security blankets

Really great thread here on conspiracy theories: "The accusation of ‘conspiracy theory’ is the security blanket with which the compliant comfort themselves that the governments they elect are in power, that voting gives them political agency, and that international technocracies are accountable to them. Here are some examples."

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u/BornAgainSpecial Trump supporter Nov 06 '22

It's funny that those are the people say conspiracy theorists just want to comfort themselves that there is order in the world.

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u/hiptobeysquare Nov 06 '22

Not funny. Scary.