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I would really rather that these were actual examples, and not conspiracy theories. We all have our own unsubstantiated ideas about what shadowy no-gooders are doing, but I'd rather hear about things that are actually happening.

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[-] butt_mountain_69420@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

That immigration from the third world is good for every country except Israel.

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[-] keepcarrot@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago

This does remind me of the standard conspiracy or creationist reversal, if something is said frequently enough it must be a lie. (except it only applies to their specific hangups)

[-] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 year ago

This sounds like a question from a homwork worksheet

[-] set_secret@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

the Hitler was an atheist seems pretty popular, also that Einstein was religious.

[-] JackOfAllTraits@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

That there are no extreme right wing/nazi elements in both sides of the Ukranian conflict.

Since the Russians used the dishonest method or calling their war "denazification", a "useful lie" for both sides was to claim their armed forces and government were completely clean and it is the other side boasts swasticas.

The sad truth is that full blowm nazism permiates in armed forces of both sides, and that both government have some very strong right wing revisionism going on (Russia is worse than Ukraine on this matter, but Ukraine is also far worse than most other countries on the continent regarding this)

[-] chillhelm@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Specifically for Ukraine there is also the fact that, when your country is under attack, nationalists are the first ones to sign up to fight the invaders. It's like their whole thing. And the intersection in the Venn diagram of Nazis and nationalists is usually almost a circle.

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[-] maegul@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago

I don’t know … all of it 🤷

Seriously, our world and reality are complex enough that we make up ideas and theories that are useful but likely untrue in some way that isn’t negligible. But so in need of useful operating theories are we that we peddle and believe them.

Constantly questioning everything is way too tiring for a species that’s still very much in the survival mode or stage of evolution.

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