c/longreads · by kazerniel@lemmy.world · 2y

Escape from the rabbit hole: the conspiracy theorist who abandoned his dangerous beliefs

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/oct/04/escape-from-the-rabbit-hole-the-conspiracy-theorist-who-abandoned-his-dangerous-beliefs

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4 Comments

I_Has_A_Hat@startrek.website · 20 pts · 2y

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Daqu@feddit.de · 8 pts · 2y (2 replies)

He has been replaced by one of THEM to spread misinformation. Do not listen to the lies of the evil lizards.

No_Ones_Slick_Like_Gaston@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Wow, more chemtrails over Deutschland will fix that view point, let me get working on it.

Daqu@feddit.de · 3 pts · 2y

I'm sitting in a pyramid next to my orgon buster. Good luck trying to mess up my mind!

Gekkonen@sopuli.xyz · 6 pts · 2y

Conspiracists have a “fantasy of justice”, hoping that the evil-doing elites can be arrested and stopped. “Conspiracy theorists get the facts wrong but often get the feelings right,” she writes. “The feeling that every human misery is someone else’s profit

Insightful.