Conspiracy Theory

05/06/2020

So here’s my conspiracy theory…

The people that become endeared to conspiracy theories are really just rallying against the enlightenment.

That is, they don’t think that constant improvement, innovation or increases in productivity are a good thing. And they’re not necessarily; it’s undeniable that we’re killing the ecosystem that we live in.

These people would rather return to the bad old days when things were constant, life was shit, and the king and church we’re always right. Their mistake is to think that the only solution is this one.

However these Luddites don’t know all this; it’s just the vibe of the thing. To make their point they refuse to use reason to make their point. Or rather, they misuse reason to make their point, ensuring they get their point across just the same.

But they didn’t bank on the Trump effect. Essentially the beneficiaries of the enlightenment started using their own tactics against them.

That is, Trump misuses reason to get his way. He constructs conspiracy theories at will. And all the time he is an agent of the people that benefit from the fruits of the enlightenment.

Not surprisingly, this is sending the conspiracy theory types mad. They know they’re being fucked over but they don’t have the tools to figure out how.