How did we get so casual about conspiracy theories?

I was talking with someone today about nutrition. This person has a PhD in material science. They mentioned eating beef daily and I asked about the cholesterol implications. The answer was about a vague ‘they’ wanted us to think that, but it wasn’t true anymore.

I hear the vague ‘they’ so frequently now it’s just a normal conversation. In truth, as soon as I hear the vague they I dismiss the speaker’s credibility on the subject, but how did we get here? Vague they wanted us to think X is a valid counter argument by the most highly educated people in our society?

This sounds like more of a rant than a question, but I do truly want to know how this happened? Was it pop culture like the X Files that made conspiracy theories main stream? Was it social media? When will the vague they stop being an accepted explanation? Has it always been this way and I didn’t notice?

Thanks, love you!

  • geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml
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    11 hours ago

    This take has been destroyed over the past two years. Joe Biden is the top AIPAC recipient of all time. The “military base” is a very clear excuse used to send billions of dollars to Israel.

    Of course most American Zionists are Christians not Jews. This is why I said “Zionists”. Very few Israelis are even practicing Jews.

    Biden has been an ideological Zionist since the start of his career. His many “you don’t have to be a Jew to be a Zionist and I’m a Zionist” speeches are often forgotten

    America has military bases all over the middle east except one place strangely enough. Israel. There are plenty more reliable dogs which are groveling and listen very well to America. Egypt, UAE, Saudi, Jordan, etc. Not Israel.