Comment on Flat Earthers BTFO since the 3rd century BCE
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 9 hours agoI think a lot of the flerfer influencers know and simply keep the charade because it’s profitable.
I think a lot of the antiscience influencers are like that, actually.
AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@piefed.social 8 hours ago
Oh absolutely. Most influencers are in just for the grift. There’s probably some dumb enough to believe it, but I’m sure most of them are just grifting fools.
Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
The secret is to know your bullshit is bullshit and fervently believing it at the same time. Doublethink is not something Orwell invented, he just described it.