When Al-Qaeda themselves claimed responsibility, even with overwhelming evidence aside? Why were so many people still reluctant, I was researching about this stuff and was shocked to see people who I respect a lot believe in this

  • queermunist she/her
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    1289 months ago

    It’s easier to believe the people in charge are secretly in control of everything than to believe they’re barely in control of anything.

      • BeardedSingleMalt
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        309 months ago

        It also gives people a sense of deep satisfaction believing they know some dark hidden secret nobody else does… regardless of how absurd it is

      • @[email protected]
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        109 months ago

        Nobody’s at the rudder, but also all of us are. Everyone has more capacity than anyone is comfortable with

    • @[email protected]
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      199 months ago

      Also, at the time, in the west, Al Qaida were a largely unknown terrorist cell operating in far-away third-world countries. It seemed incredible that such a devastating attack could be carried out on US soil by a small group most people had never heard of.

    • @[email protected]
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      159 months ago

      And yet, this all powerful government couldn’t even fake finding weapons of mass destruction in Iraq to “validate” their invasion reasons.

      • queermunist she/her
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        99 months ago

        Government incompetence is the main reason I didn’t go down the conspiracy rabbit hole. They’re too stupid to pull most shit off without tripping over their own dicks.