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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Absolutely. Those who fall prey to conspiracy theories are desperately seeking control in a chaotic world. They prefer to believe bad things happen because the powerful have malign agendas, than to recognize the awful truth that nobody is really in charge and bad things often happen without intent or agency.
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Is it control or surrender? I mean if you suddenly believe that you live in a world where nothing is your fault because the Jews, Bilderberg, elements of the Republican or Democractic party in league with Aliens are controlling everything so all of your life's failures are not your fault, its a powerful inducement for the foolish.
It also gives great encouragement to gun nuts and anti government types because now the whole militia concept in their mind is heavily justifiable because they may need to fight the black helicoptered UN invasion army in combination with a complicant globalist US Government some day, so we need this intelligence and guns to form and effective resistance.
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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
They meet some of the same needs, but religions typically have some positive utility as well. They transmit useful social values, and can give people meaning, solace, and a sense of community. Conspiratorial thinking does not. It’s religion shorn of all wisdom and positive social value.
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You do put things in interesting terms. I would argue that to the Conspiracy idiot they ignore the malignant aspects of their beliefs. They feel it gives them a sense of community, and like mindedness in their minds. Its why you see these well attended conventions and group talks and presentations where they can gather and theorize. So yeah I think that Conspiracy is extremly communal and as mentioned above, give solace in that in a world controlled by evil historical powerful groups that their lack of achievement or accomplishment is not their fault.
And I think though that wile its shorn of wisdom, logic and common sense, to them its of incredible positive social value. They get friends and like minded people, and they feel like they are the resistance in a hostile land.