Nobody’s at the rudder, but also all of us are. Everyone has more capacity than anyone is comfortable with
Comment on Why were so many people believers in the conspiracy that 9/11 was an inside job
tiramichu@lemm.ee 9 months agoThis.
Conspiracy theories are comforting because they are more pleasant to believe than the truth, which is that we’re all aboard a ship going full steam ahead with nobody at the rudder.
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 9 months ago
BeardedSingleMalt@kbin.social 9 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
Hyperreality@kbin.social 9 months ago
Vanity. It's the Devil's favourite sin.