• NigelFrobisher
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    2 months ago

    Real conspiracies don’t even bother hiding. They have the power to do whatever they want, so they just tell us this is what’s happening now.

    • SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca
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      2 months ago

      On the internet, the first to make an accusation wins. If if the accusation is false, they still win. So even when they actually do the things they falsely accuse others of doing, they’ve already won the argument on the internet.

      “You’re just accusing us of doing what you did” is stronger than “You’re now doing what you accused us of in the past” when the rhetoric is more important than the facts.