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[–] x4740N@lemmy.world 23 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

It could work but it also fuels their conspiracy theory tendencies

If there was a way to poison their conspiracies to get them out of believing conspiracy theories that would be a better way of doing things

[–] jopepa@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Poison is sinister. How about microdosing reality?

[–] Arkaelus@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

This'll only happen once education is restructured almost entirely. Critical Thinking has not been on the menu for a long time (if ever), and it's not in the interest of the Powers That Be to increase critical thinking in individuals - people who really think tend to ask relevant, but uncomfortable questions.

Conspiracy theories are a side-effect of biased education.

[–] HappyFrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Are you suggesting that we should get rid of education to make people less susceptible conspiracies?

[–] kenopsik@lemm.ee 6 points 11 months ago

... once education is restructured almost entirely.

Not sure how you got "get rid of" from that statement...

[–] Arkaelus@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Yes, 100% my point! Who needs to know stuff when the Government and rich people are already looking out for our best interests? Poverty is a non-issue, everyone owns 2.5 houses per capita, this is a utopia! Books just ruin everything!

/s.

[–] CleoTheWizard@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I dont know if you’ve noticed but a lot of these people can’t tell or understand trolling or faking content. Now on this level? Yeah. But it’s so so easy to be a poe in their midst.

My strategy has basically just been to go to their content, go into the comments, and then write something that I feel they’ll mostly agree with but crosses some kind of line.

Like if they’re talking about fluoride in drinking water you just say stuff like “screw the feds poisoning our water, we can find other ways to get hydrated. I just stick to diet cokes, works fine for me. I even cook with it so I don’t poison my food”

[–] Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

or how about skibidi toilet disabling the 5g chips inplanted via satellites

[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Just tell them that voting is a reptilian conspiracy to steal testosterone so that enough of them stop that we can elect some representatives who will improve public education to the degree that people are generally less likely to believe conspiracy theories.