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drray23

(8,803 posts) Fri Apr 3, 2026, 01:24 PM Apr 3

social media made the newer generation believers of conspiracy theory and deniers of science

I can not believe how many people are convinced that we never went to the moon in 1969. All over social media, threads discussing the Artemis mission are infected with people arguing that it is all a scam and they are in a movie studio, we never went to the moon, etc..

We also have the issue with even more worrisome things. A growing number of people do not believe the holocaust happened.

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social media made the newer generation believers of conspiracy theory and deniers of science (Original Post) drray23 Apr 3 OP

How is it not believable? And it's not stuck to the newer generation. Remember... Scott Alan Swaggerty Apr 3 #1

I think paranoia seeds were sown way back in the 1990s, pre OJ Chase bucolic_frolic Apr 3 #2

Could anyone really not see that this would happen? NewHendoLib Apr 3 #3

Freedom of Speech OC375 Apr 3 #4

If true, what's the explanation for the older generation doing so? Because they RockRaven Apr 3 #5

It gives the biggest idiots the biggest megaphone. Stupid people tend to be loud. n/t flvegan Apr 3 #6

Scott Alan Swaggerty

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1. How is it not believable? And it's not stuck to the newer generation. Remember...

Reply to drray23 (Original post)

Fri Apr 3, 2026, 01:32 PM

Apr 3

We have a country that elected a guy who declared bankruptcy multiple times, had to dissolve his own foundation, and was convicted of 34 counts of falsifying business records thinking that he would lower prices and lead to a golden age.

People who believe in absurd things will vote for absurd candidates as we saw in 2024... so I think we can lose the sense of surprise and disbelief over it.

bucolic_frolic

(55,307 posts)

2. I think paranoia seeds were sown way back in the 1990s, pre OJ Chase

Reply to drray23 (Original post)

Fri Apr 3, 2026, 01:56 PM

Apr 3

by Rush Liimbaugh. He could see things and make connections that didn't exist.

NewHendoLib

(61,868 posts)

3. Could anyone really not see that this would happen?

Reply to drray23 (Original post)

Fri Apr 3, 2026, 01:57 PM

Apr 3

OC375

(1,035 posts)

4. Freedom of Speech

Reply to drray23 (Original post)

Fri Apr 3, 2026, 02:17 PM

Apr 3

Everyone has a bullhorn. Anyone can vie for dumbest human now.

RockRaven

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5. If true, what's the explanation for the older generation doing so? Because they

Reply to drray23 (Original post)

Fri Apr 3, 2026, 02:55 PM

Apr 3

sure as hell do/have done too.

Ignorance and conspiracy theories are not unique to certain temporal demographics or even to living memory.

Conspiracism blooms during times of social crisis. One can find conspiracy theorizing throughout history and across cultures. Current conspiracy theory prevalence is a bad indicator for where we are at as a society, yes, but isn't really anything new or special.

flvegan

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6. It gives the biggest idiots the biggest megaphone. Stupid people tend to be loud. n/t

Reply to drray23 (Original post)

Fri Apr 3, 2026, 03:27 PM

Apr 3

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