I am a bit perplexed even though I understand the technicalities
behind it as to why so many conspiracy theorists on social media make so much
money. Sure advertisers will pay them to be on their sites since they have so
many followers, but really. Whose at fault here? And what gives? Corporations will market to
what they think is their target audience, but are corporations relying on the gullibility
of people or are they just going where are the numbers.
And complaining about corporations is not why I started this
post. It amazes me how a conspiracy gets started and subsequently gains traction.
I have not researched it, yet I feel confident there is an enormous amount of
reading material on this subject so maybe the answer is there or partially
there, but in some ways I doubt it fully comprehends how bad it is on social
media. Yes I do get on social media mainly to follow a couple of topics, but
there is so much madness in the way of my browsing. I am not sure what I did to
cause the algorithms to target me with some of this madness, but the little I do
receive is beyond the pale. And in curiosity I read some of it and all I can
say is wow. People believe this madness?
And some of you may ask, am I jealous of what they make and
I don’t. To a degree yes, but I started this blog years ago knowing I would not
obtain massive amounts of followers. It was more to allow myself to write what
I wanted and since my topics have a limited audience I knew I would be
extremely fortunate to gather a following. I started because I was mad at the
world around what happened in 2008 and 2009. Eventually I decided I needed to
do something to make me feel better so I started this blog to complain about
how bad public policy was for the market crash and recession that happened at
that time. And I tried to offer other ideas that I thought were better. So
instead of just complaining I tried to make it a positive. And trying to write
better public policy in the United States has never been a game changer when it
comes to attracting an audience. And to this day I still try to offer alternative
or variations of a theme ideas different from what the duopoly of Republicans
and Democrats offer. And add in, I spout my personal opinion about a variety of
topics so I knew I would never rival the Kardashians in a following.
And I know conspiracy theorists have always had an audience
throughout our history, but the degree to which they are taking advantage of
social media amazes me. Are there that many people who cannot fathom what these
people are saying? What drives them to this madness? And again there is much
written about this topic, but deep down what are they so afraid of that they
need this sense of community to be apart of that they will believe the most unsubstantiated
nonsense. And of course to them it is not nonsense, or at least on the surface
of their brain.
And how much do the actual writers of these theories believe
themselves? Or are they just laughing all the way to the bank? Who knows, some
might, but really how deep do they go in their own brains to promulgate this
charade?
One of my favorites is the new world order and all its
variants. How does anyone think whatever billion people on this earth is going
to let themselves be ruled by one government. It seems ironical that conspiracy
theorists postulate this idea yet they prove themselves incorrect by telling
their audience to question any hint of a NWO, so if people don’t believe in a
new world order then how could one come to fruition. And then throw in all the
different types of cultures, religions, governments, heck even terrorists, and
the capability of a NWO seems far fetched at the least. Yet these types of conspiracies
run rampant and people spend money listening to all these people explaining how
they are saving them.
So here we are in 2024 with so many real problems that need
to be overcome, so many people actually doing good work in a variety of
endeavors not getting half the attention needed nor the recognition and nut
jobs making a fortune telling us only they can save the world. Oh yeah, then there
is Truth Social. Smh
Have a better day
