Ricki Crush Bandicute Tarr
Someone (who chose not to be tagged in this post) asked this question:
How are some of us aware and appalled that this (misinformation) is happening and others just go all in with the conspiracies?
What do you all think? What makes the difference?
Please refrain from just calling people stupid, I know it can definitely feel that way, but we can do better than that.
Warner Crocker
@RickiTarr Everybody's day-to-day is different and when convenient choices that don't add to the stress of each struggle present, it can be so easy to choose the convenient route, whether that's not checking info, or going along with family, friends, coworkers, etc...
That's logistics and doesn't deal with belief systems. .When the logistic structure is shaky, it can make the convenient choices even easier to make, dependent on the threat posed to the structure. /1
Warner Crocker
@RickiTarr As an extreme example, think a number of people on a sinking boat with not enough life vests to go around.
Sadly, the misinfo out there convinced far too many with far too shaky structures that the threats were real enough to solidify beliefs I don't adhere to as a way of coping. /end
monkϵyborg 🦾🐵
@RickiTarr I’ve noticed conspiracy theories are popular among smart men who didn’t go to college or didn’t thrive there. Their belief in the superiority of street smarts over book smarts is important to them, and they relish opportunities to prove that people with higher education have nothing over on them.
Thus the idea of secret knowledge that provides a shortcut to knowing “what’s really going on” and that will show the educated man up as the fool he really is has a powerful hold.
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