Conspiracy theories are actually good. amirite?

The problem with conspiracy theories is that they disconnect people from those around them and make them very easy to manipulate - you can make a conspiracy theorist believe whatever you want as long as you convince them it's secret knowledge and stroke their ego. They have a lot of the same downsides as cults.

by eusebio53 9 hours ago

Things that make you feel better aren't necessarily good for you in the long term. Heroin for example.

by Individual_Army 9 hours ago

insert Doakes meme

by Anonymous 8 hours ago

Leaning into mental illness is not a good thing.

by glenwuckert 8 hours ago

idk man

by rohangarrison 8 hours ago

Better illusions than reality, I guess

by Anonymous 8 hours ago

I mean, they certainly are entertaining. When they don't harm or incite harm toward others, they certainly pass the time in the same way a Wiki doom spiral or Netflix binge might. I don't think the position you're taking, which is to say, 'many conspiracy theories are harmless entertainment', isn't too unpopular. Unfortunately, I feel like we live in a timeline where the most prominent ones are a net negative for society now.

by Anonymous 7 hours ago

Well I just think conspiracy theories are as good as they are true. And well a lot of them turn out to be true. A rather suspiciously high amount. It's almost like the people that have been running the world into the ground have something to hide. Weird right?

by Naive-Raisin 7 hours ago

It might be good for an individual, kinda. But it's terrible for society for a bunch of people to be convinced that their nonsense is true and meaningful. Unpopular, sure.

by Twilaziemann 7 hours ago

It's better to actually focus on real efforts to seek control or belonging to make the world less spooky than falling into delusions.

by Anonymous 7 hours ago

What you described is just shared delusion. And that's never good.

by OpenBrilliant8516 7 hours ago

Ffs man go see a therapist

by Anonymous 6 hours ago

Conspiracy theories help simple people make sense of a complex world. It allows them to distill every complicated situation down to a simple us vs them to narrative that they can digest and accept without having to actually understand what's really going on.

by Rogahnhugh 6 hours ago