There are a small group of people in our society who are – it has to be said – completely mad.
OK, that sounds a bit harsh, but I have examples.
Conspiracy theorists – OK, a good conspiracy theory can be quite absorbing, but there are some that really shouldn’t still be doing the rounds. It’s hard to believe that there are people out there – intelligent people in some cases – who still don’t believe the moon landings happened. They believe that it was all faked. That billions of dollars were spent in developing and building rockets, but the landings themselves were filmed in a studio somewhere. What about the thousands of people who worked there? It’s been over fifty years… if it was all faked, someone would have spoken up by now.
Then there are those that believe in The Illuminati: a secret cabal of powerful people, who secretly run the world for their own benefit. Supposedly, they have the secret to reverse climate change but won’t reveal it until they have garnered trillions of dollars from the oil industry… which they also run.
Flat Earthers. Yes, they are still around. Those that believe – despite all the scientific evidence to the contrary – that the Earth is is not a sphere, but is actually flat. And this is despite all the photographic and scientific evidence to the contrary. I find it extraordinary that in this day and age, there are people that believe such things. Even more extraordinary is that this seems to be a growing movement. The Flat Earth Society has members all over the globe.
And then, of course, there’s David Icke, who believes that the Royal Family are actually shapeshifting lizards. Not only that, but they are also part of the Illuminati.
Case rested.
I thought The Illuminati was a secret cabal of electrical engineers who went around installing street lights under cover of darkness. Am I wrong? I’m on the fence about the Royal Famalam being shapeshifting lizards though. However some absolute plank put an online website into my Twitter feed this morning that said UK Government figures proved that thousands of COVID-vaccinated people had contracted, and died from, AIDS and – in an attempt to be taken seriously – quoted HMG source material for the claims. So I set aside an hour of time – an hour of my precious time – to read all of the source material. Not one single mention of AIDS or AIDS-like symptoms. Not one single mention of any kind of immune deficiency being contracted by anyone. A classic piece of distortion, but people will believe it because they are… Mad!
And therein lies the problem, Bren: unlike your good self, many people will read something on the interwebs and take it as gospel, without looking into it any further.
I know this from my own research into penis enlargement creams.
Don’t be so cocksure 🙂
I was going to go on a world wide fact finding mission on the above but if I’m going to fall off the edge I won’t bother now.
Too right, Alan.
Better to be safe than sorry.
You do realise that it was a member of the Illuminati that landed on the moon, right? And, from the moon it was seen that the Earth was actually flat, Pamela Anderson was David Icke in drag, and the Royal Family are actually virus spreading robots. Wake up, Masher, honestly…
Oh, it all makes sense now.
Thanks for clearing that up, Jules.
And that Covid is a hoax