Cult of Conspiracy

About this episode

This episode explores the rise of conspiracy theories in social media and their impact on society.

The cult of conspiracy ravages within the echo cambers of social media. Painting the wall monochrome with the blood of the naysayer. Leaving the stale scent of resentment for all that do not believe. A warning sign for all that should doubt, with the head of John the Baptist placed out front with a spike shafted up through his neck and out through his left eyeball. The crime? He wasn’t an anti vaxer, he was a baptiser of tax collectors, working for a higher cause of course. People have become too lazy to do the real work, to dig a little deeper than the meme. To find out the real cause or source of the information they spew forth, like, share and use to justify the hatred and bile that envelopes them. To find out where the real conspiracy lies whilst they promote Russian filled disinformation, misinformation and make the news seem fake. Grasping at every straw to suit their world view. To try and make sense of the senseless. And normalise abnormalities. “The numbers are fake” they cry “it is no more deadly than the flu”, “They are trying to bring down the economy and enforce sodomy on the young.” When was it that conspiracy theory became mainstream? When did the theorist move…

People in this episode

Hosts: Sam I Am, Sleeless Dystopian

Topics covered

• conspiracy theories
• social media
• disinformation
• cultural commentary
• societal issues

Keywords

• conspiracy
• social media
• disinformation
• misinformation
• cultural commentary

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