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YouAreTheTurkey t1_iugosvw wrote

How do these people get to be like this? I've only ever met one in real life and he destroyed just about every meaningful relationship he had because of these beliefs.

Years ago I was friends with this couple who were Scotish and American, both living as citizens in Australia.

He (the Scot) was convinced that just about all terrorist attacks and mass shootings in the US were staged. When the Boston bombings happened he was constantly on social media raving about the actors pretending to be victims, his girlfriend was from Boston and she left him shortly after.

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Mushroom_Tip t1_iugz48r wrote

>he was constantly on social media

That's how.

It's not like you log in one day and instantly believe all those things. It's a slow and incremental brainwashing process that's exacerbated by social media algorithms designed to suggest content similar to what you're already viewing to stop you from going outside.

And there is a brand new bunch of people who were new to all this and only started watching covid conspiracies on YouTube and Facebook who are well on their way to harassing mass shooting survivors in oh...well anytime now actually.

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