Conspiracies

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The bottom fox should look the same as the top fox. After they've believed it for decades, their ego is on the line. They will argue that the evidence is bad, or it was always obvious, or that it's overblown.

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It's why we should regulate them into the ground, and give them 0 trust. Get rid of lobbying, screw profit, the economic damage from all the scams, suffering, and death in the long-term is more than enough to make any gain in profit meaningless.

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Poor choice of words.

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Yeah, small town shops dying is really sad

Building large shopping centers and online retailers seem to have killed most small shops in smaller towns around here too...

COVID pretty much was the death nail, as you said

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Phrasing, Lana!

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Yeah. MK Ultra tracked, faking the moon landing didn't.

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Its already happening again with meat, dairy, poultry, fish, and alcohol.

Lesser known ones like bath soaps and shampoos, detergents, lotions, gas ovens and heaters are also experiencing this.

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For a time. The Manhattan project wouldn't've been able to stay secret for 20 years

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Maybe the things that been kept secret for more than 20 are still being kept secret.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/katie-engelhart-britains-secrets-mandy-banton-321/

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Maybe the things that been kept secret for more than 20 are still being kept secret.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/katie-engelhart-britains-secrets-mandy-banton-321/

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Half of those are not even conspiracies, nor even controversial.

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I hear where you’re coming from, and I agree that “trust no one” has its place when it comes to questioning authority, especially in systems that have historically abused power, like politics or religion. But I think there's an important distinction between blind trust and informed trust.

When I say “look at the evidence,” I mean fostering a mindset where we evaluate claims critically, whether they come from an authority figure, a journalist, or a random Redditor. It’s not about blindly trusting anyone—it’s about examining the quality of their evidence and reasoning. Science and journalism, at their best, aren’t about “trust me, bro”; they’re about transparency, peer review, and reproducibility.

I get why you’d connect my point to political party loyalty or abuse cover-ups, but I think that actually supports what I’m saying. Those cases happen when people don’t question authority or demand evidence. Blind loyalty, whether to a priest, a politician, or even a favorite conspiracy theory, is the problem. Critical thinking is what prevents us from falling into that trap.

It’s not “trust no one” in the absolute sense—it’s more like “trust, but verify.” If the evidence holds up, great. If not, we should keep asking questions.

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A dozen leakers from a secret police that has employed hundreds of thousands, across decades, is not the example you think it is.