Without investigation, isn’t everybody just going by what everyone else says about “conspiracy theories”? Of course the media would have a vital role in propaganda and discrediting “conspiracy theorists” were they correct. If one looks at it from the view of a “conspiracy theorist” and tries to form a conclusion as to how this came about, they would probably summise that some very smart people with advanced knowledge of human psychology (probably more advanced than most could comprehend) were behind diverting peoples opinions to their own preferred conclusions. Is it not only when people start asking questions on the things they take for granted on the foundations of their beliefs can we really have an unbiased view in this matter? Should we not let it be a case of the boy who cried wolf whom everyone ignored but was right? To classify people who would conclude that so called “conspiracy theories” have a basis in reality “mentally ill” is a truly ignorant and irresponsible without doing research would it not? I thought both curiosity and a questioning nature were signs of intelligence, yet it seems that people are discouraged from leaving the same way of life that everyone else embraces, or questioning it. Do you agree this is the case? Is it not usually when things go wrong that people look for answers and not before?
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