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Georgia Guidestones - Huge granite stones inscribed with words of advice that the author intended to “guide humanity forward”, destroyed in 2022 (en.wikipedia.org)
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[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago

Conspiracists attributed nefarious intent on these stones. I learned about them from a podcast that studies conspiratorial thinking. I didn't realize they'd been destroyed. I kinda think I heard that ep after the time when they were bombed, so maybe that was mentioned and I didn't internalize it.

Heads-up: conspiracy people are potentially dangerous. They blew up these stones that were probably pretty trivial / harmless. They have shot people for perceived great-replacement bullshit (synagogs). This shit isn't just amusing and stupid. They're irrational and they can project and cause harm.