It's been five years of conspiracy madness with mostly terrible results. Hundreds of thousands of people died of COVID, needlessly. Measles is back. Public trust is lower than ever. Conspiracy theorists, fuelled by foreign-funded misinformation campaigns, are fucking things up big time.
But.
They're not totally wrong, are they? And at least they're asking questions. Even if they are being led down the Youtube garden path into do Ur Own Re$earch SheepLe hell.
When the convoy occupied Parliament in 2022, I was surprised to see a couple of my friends turn up there. I jumped on the Facebook pages and podcasts popular with the occupiers, to try and understand what might have provoked that. It was an eye-opening journey into the Other Side. The answers were off, but the questions were real, and the fears and anxieties realer still.
I'm still pro-vaccine, pro-mandate, and deeply suspicious of foreign-funded protests, and I think the "anti-MSM media" is biased bullshit, trading on people's insecurities for nefarious ends.
But.
So is a bunch of the stuff I read and think - I'm just blind to it, because it reinforces my worldview. The deeper I get into my power literacy work, the more I respect the cynical hustle of my conspiracy friends.
Shame about all the crazy, racist, public-health-tanking stuff.
🎄 About 24 Days of Unpopular Opinions
This December, I'm calling bullshit, to keep you sane over the silly season. Over 24 days, I'll share 24 unpopular opinions - like an advent calendar, but filled with controversy instead of chocolate. Share widely to whoever else needs this.
Catch up on unpopular opinions you might have missed:
December 1: You don't have a strategy
December 2: CEOs are tiny babies
December 3: Women should be ugly and mean
