Many conspiracy theories have turned out to be real false flag events. It’s great that social media and online information has lead to an awakening for some that their governments lie to get us into wars for resources and hegemony, but for some of us, the prevalence of conspiracy theories online has become an industry, a business, and a major distraction as there is no plan of action, just emotional porn / violence porn and a frenzy. And many of these talking heads on YT and elsewhere who make great mileage out of these apocalyptic and conspiracy theories are almost always white folks. These white pundits seem to mostly obsess over the mass killing of white people whilst appearing to ignore the tremendous violence done to brown people by US empire and western allies. What does that say about us? What does it say that our concern is limited to the killing of white people, but millions of brown people being murdered by our governments barely makes a blip on the radar for us? How much evidence do we need that the MSM is worse than useless but in fact dangerous, and that governments lie? All governments lie. In fact it’s legal for US empire to put out propaganda, to the public.
As empires fall, distraction becomes paramount. Bread and circuses. Many of the more outrageous conspiracy theories are intended to keep us distracted, to keep us enthralled, to make us feel like we are “clever”, that we cannot be fooled. And many are intended to swamp REAL “conspiracy theories” that warrant closer scrutiny. It’s good that people do open source investigations, but it’s also problematic if we live for the next massacre and we make mileage out of it, whilst ignoring the very real issues of 3 black people in the US being murdered each day by the state, or the ongoing expanding imperialist white supremacist wars lead by US empire.
US empire is falling and along with it controlling the narrative is desperately important. Let’s not be obsessed with the next white terrorist. Let’s focus on things we can change. I make some suggestions on some positive actions we can take to benefit others.
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