starting to believe a big part of our problem is how many people need to believe everything is a conspiracy planned by evil geniuses that only they can see through, instead of anything being just what it is on its face

April 11, 2026 - 17:41 UTC

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Conspiracy theories are un-dialectical sorry
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The reality of the world, which is a million petty tyrants all abusing their personal fiefdoms resulting in a chaotic Gambit Pileup, is hard to accept
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we’ve made it too easy to attribute as much (or as little) agency or power to a political actor as fits how we want to feel about it, then scroll til we find someone with a story that matches
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Yes. So much this.
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