Caroline Orr Bueno on Nostr: Something we don’t talk about much, but which I think is important to understand, ...
Something we don’t talk about much, but which I think is important to understand, is that conspiracy theorists — though often carrying out their craft wittingly & deliberately — are also trapped by their own deceit. In order to maintain the alternate reality they’ve sold to their followers, they are bound to a life of spinning evermore lies to account for every piece of new information that comes out.
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