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Definitely related, but I don’t know if anybody else noticed.
Erich von Däniken just passed away the other day. I miss the days I could appreciate a good conspiracy theory. Living through Covid destroyed any enjoyment I got from that.
What killed conspiracy theories for me was how the USAF drove Paul Bennewitz insane playing into his conspiracy theories rather than just admit he caught encrypted radio.
And not only that, they systematically undermined people’s trust in authorities with this by letting it become such a huge industry. If you think the government is lying to you about aliens it’s a lot easier to think they’re lying about vaccines and face masks.