A man who admits he ran down a Muslim family said he did so because he believed anti-Muslim conspiracies he found on fringe websites like Alex Jones’ Infowars.
  • llama@midwest.socialEnglish
    204·
    1 year ago

    How do these people watch conspiratorial content and miss the fact that pale male European colonialism literally is the conspiracy?

    • shastaxc@lemm.ee
      101·
      1 year ago

      How is it a conspiracy? It’s a fact that’s been quite well known for hundreds of years

      • Cethin@lemmy.zipEnglish
        61·
        1 year ago

        That’s mostly the modern understanding, but the word also still means people working together to achieve something.

        • EatATaco@lemm.eeEnglish
          31·
          1 year ago

          A conspiracy is working with people secretly to do some illegal or wrong in some way. You aren’t conspiring with your teammates to win a soccer game.