[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

I just don't get the "why" for a hoax. It's crippling economies, I can't think why governments would want that

I made a thread about a Netflix series today actually called The Social Dilemma, I think maybe that might begin to answer some of why people are getting caught up in conspiracies like this

People are simply rejecting reality when it doesn't suit them. A global pandemic that is killing hundreds of thousands is scary so they convince themselves it's all a hoax to strip them of their freedoms, climate change is scary so it's a leftist political plot. Anything bad that gets said about their preferred politicians is simply fake news etc.

It's honestly worrying how prevalent such trains of thoughts are becoming. Facts are fact, whether they are good or bad is irrelevant, living in a dream world won't fix what's wrong.