It’s important to recognize the subtext hidden beneath the text of conspiracy theories, because it gives perspective. Every conspiracy has an underlying message, giving information on the origin. For instance, look at the conspiracy the conspiracy that was targeted Barrack Obama. Many citizens and the whole Republican Party believed that he wasn’t an American citizen. It wasn’t only the questions about his citizenship, but also the religion that he was practicing. A picture surfaced with Obama wearing a turban, making people speculate that he was from Africa and potentially had ties to terrorist. It’s important to consider the time when the conspiracy received public attention, because he was running for president at the time. Continuously,
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They were looking for an excuse not to elect Obama, not because he wasn’t the right candidate but because he wasn’t one of them. Another example how conspiracy theories sometimes tell us more about the person who believes it than it tells us about what is actually happening in the world is the moon landing. During the space race between the Soviets and the Americans, both countries wanted to land a person on the moon; whoever were to accomplish this first would hold bragging rights over the other country, and could employ propaganda effectively. In 1969, the United States put the first boots on the moon and gave birth to a new conspiracy as it televised the landing. People believed that they never went to the moon, and that it was a hoax in an attempt to discredit America. People examined the video, and came to the conclusion it didn’t correlate with their understanding of space. What escaped the minds of the delusional is that although they discredit it, the Russians never did. While certain things in the video didn’t correlate with their understanding of space, space represents the unknown. Because the astronaut was opaque, doesn’t mean he was a ghost or in reality he was. What we’re employing is technology that functions according to our physics on earth, not one based on the moons. The conspiracy reflects a person’s false perspective that is being misconstrued with their lack of information. In attempt to fill the void, they grasp onto information that may sound logical but isn’t, to satisfy their need to
They were looking for an excuse not to elect Obama, not because he wasn’t the right candidate but because he wasn’t one of them. Another example how conspiracy theories sometimes tell us more about the person who believes it than it tells us about what is actually happening in the world is the moon landing. During the space race between the Soviets and the Americans, both countries wanted to land a person on the moon; whoever were to accomplish this first would hold bragging rights over the other country, and could employ propaganda effectively. In 1969, the United States put the first boots on the moon and gave birth to a new conspiracy as it televised the landing. People believed that they never went to the moon, and that it was a hoax in an attempt to discredit America. People examined the video, and came to the conclusion it didn’t correlate with their understanding of space. What escaped the minds of the delusional is that although they discredit it, the Russians never did. While certain things in the video didn’t correlate with their understanding of space, space represents the unknown. Because the astronaut was opaque, doesn’t mean he was a ghost or in reality he was. What we’re employing is technology that functions according to our physics on earth, not one based on the moons. The conspiracy reflects a person’s false perspective that is being misconstrued with their lack of information. In attempt to fill the void, they grasp onto information that may sound logical but isn’t, to satisfy their need to