You had such a good start trying to show that he isn't a great person even though he's done some good things and then you had to go and be all antivaxxer.

[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

All conspiracy theories start with a small truth, that's what makes conspiracy theories feel justified and right.

Nail on the head. Bill Gates is not a super good person and has done bad things. A logical response is to see that humans are fickle and are capable of doing good things and bad things. An illogical response to that is spiraling to say he's injecting us with microchips and involved with some medical cabal.

Which leans to the other truth about conspiracy theorists. They are afraid, and realizing that humans even as high up as Gates are fallible means that no one really knows what they are doing and the world is chaotic. It feels safer to say they're all in cahoots because even if it's really bad, at least there is someone in control.

It's completely normal to search for answers in the chaos, and it's okay to feel afraid that we're all just hurtling through space on this rock with no one in the drivers seat - but we need to be self reflective to see those are our actual emotions, and not try to cover up our emotions with theories that make us feel better.