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This describes religion pretty well too.
dare i say, this man sounds a bit unmoored
Stuck in your confines, chewing it over…
Whatever I say is a lie,
Stop staringYeah I had a similar epiphany that I find to be simultaneously comforting on an individual level and unsettling at a macro level.
Nobody knows what they are doing.
You can just say, “I don’t know.”
Oftentimes that’s the best answer.
I think that there are probably quite a large number of groups that are trying to control things.
The thing is, stochastic chaos and multiple groups working in concert, in the same general direction, and even at cross-purposes greatly affects their ability to create lasting change that matters (even if only for them).
As such, for any one issue that is “progressing”, there is likely one or more groups working successfully in that direction combined with other groups that are either inadvertently affecting the results, or succeeding or failing to oppose that direction to various degrees.
There are likely vanishingly few examples of a single group attempting to affect a significant issue unopposed.
Groups within groups and groups that overlap multiple different groups.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29081831/
In the present contribution, we examine the link between societal crisis situations and belief in conspiracy theories. Contrary to common assumptions, belief in conspiracy theories has been prevalent throughout human history. We first illustrate historical incidents suggesting that societal crisis situations-defined as impactful and rapid societal change that calls established power structures, norms of conduct, or even the existence of specific people or groups into question-have stimulated belief in conspiracy theories. We then review the psychological literature to explain why this is the case. Evidence suggests that the aversive feelings that people experience when in crisis-fear, uncertainty, and the feeling of being out of control-stimulate a motivation to make sense of the situation, increasing the likelihood of perceiving conspiracies in social situations. We then explain that after being formed, conspiracy theories can become historical narratives that may spread through cultural transmission. We conclude that conspiracy theories originate particularly in crisis situations and may form the basis for how people subsequently remember and mentally represent a historical event.
I’m lazy so asked ChatGPT to ELI5 TLDR:
The article says when big problems happen, some people believe in secret plans (conspiracy theories). This happens because they feel scared or unsure. These ideas can change how people remember things.
Source that Alan Moore actually said this?
It’s a direct quote from him, from the documentary “The Mindscapes of Alan Moore.” Slightly abridged, as he also mentions reptiloid conspiracies in the actual quote.
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You think that’s true, shirt brother?
“Alan… this is why no one comes to your parties anymore.”
“It’s not because they can’t get in my house because of the size of my beard?”
“That is a related, yet ancillary, issue.”
Nice conspiracy theory.
Anti-conspiracy theory
Nobody is in control of the world but some very few people have a lot of influence over all of us.
Everything is made up and nothing matters. This comforta me most sometimes
“nothing matters” is the tool i use when it’s the weekend and i’m struggling to enjoy it because i’m busy worrying about my job come Monday. but then i walk anyone else through the logic and they tell me it’s depressing and that i shouldn’t tell anyone else what i just told them. so, cheers to the enlightened few 🥂
Everything is made up and
nothing mattersthe points don’t matter. This comforts me most sometimes
“You don’t need a formal conspiracy when interests converge. These people went to the same universities, they’re on the same boards of directors, they’re in the same country clubs. They have like interests, they don’t need to call a meeting. They know what’s good for them.”
-George Carlin, from an episode of Politically Incorrect
https://youtu.be/VAFd4FdbJxs?si=BZOXSSkui3_FbyCd
There are powerful classes of people that oppress you, but not because they go to secret meetings where they plan to, power/capital simply tends to corrupt.
And from our perspective it feels coordinated because the capitalist’s punches all come from the same direction: downward from above.
The truth is, they’ve bled us dry and have begun to turn on and eat one another having conquered the board with little room left to grow/metastasize. That’s why entire economic sectors are turning into TimeWarnerHBODiscoveryParamountSoonEtc…
I think the ruling class “controls/exploits some things” and they are “in control” is the difference? Like yes they have bled us dry with their grip but as WikiLeaks, Epstein, Panama papers etc suggests, they weren’t really “in control”. Right now, there’s a decent chance that Pakistan falls to the Taliban and their nukes will be in their hands - is actually anyone “in control” of this situation?
Did anything meaningful come from those leaks? People can try to do stuff to powerful people to reveal their misdeeds, but they’ve written the laws and are barely bound by the reach of nations in the first place. Few receive consequences for their crimes.
As for existential threats like nuclear weapons, that’s it’s own can of worms. So yeah, I guess in that respect they’re not really in control. But short of nuclear annihilation or the eventual collapse of the human-suitable environment, they seem pretty untouchable.
EDIT: Actually, we even have a great example of the ways they can fly above some world spamming catastrophes: COVID 19 happened. Many died, many more lost their livelihoods, homes, etc. Meanwhile many of the rich got to take private transportation to private places so they could wait out the pandemic in safety while their companies’ profits increased and they used that increased wealth to buy up even more capital.
I’d seriously doubt any claims that there’s some cabal that deliberately caused it, but they sure do have the means to escape the worst of disasters and even exploit them for profit.
Capitalists still have microplastics in their body and die of Covid. An individual can make up for bad luck by using capital as a buffer. However, capital can be lost directly or devalued all together.
Right now, there’s a decent chance that Pakistan falls to the Taliban and their nukes will be in their hands …
Source? The Pakistani military had enough control over the country to replace the former PM with the current guy. Now I’m not saying this is a good thing, but I don’t see the Taliban beating them in an open fight.
I’ll admit I saw it on Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@philipdefranco/video/7322234507183164718
But I searched and found articles for example - https://www.voanews.com/a/pakistan-seeks-us-help-against-pakistani-taliban-in-afghanistan/7397076.html they talk about the attacks on the military.
The military could control the country but the Taliban can resort to much dirtier tactics than a proper military. So I think there’s some decent chance.
That’s the TTP, a small fundamentalist group in Pakistan. They do occassional terrorist attacks in rural northwest Pakistan, and those are of course horrible to those affected, but they aren’t challenging the power of the state. They’re also unrelated to the Afghan Taliban, with whom the Pakistan military has a neutral to good relationship.
