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[NoOnesLaughingNow] Secret Power and Secret Weakness (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 hours ago by Stamets@lemmy.world to c/comicstrips@lemmy.world

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[–] Dragonstaff@leminal.space 4 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

This is odd to say when the YouTube algorithm has been proven to push right wing propaganda.

The concept of "conspiracies" is a bit off. It's not a "conspiracy" when Bezos kills the Washington Post's endorsement of Harris, or fires journalists who criticize him. YouTube doesn't need to remove a video if the algorithm never shows it to anybody.

It is kinda crazy to imagine a secret cabal of rich people who surreptitiously run the world, rather than the well known cabal of rich people who openly run the world.

[–] dzsimbo@lemm.ee 3 points 31 minutes ago

Meh, I kinda get it. Like who has more power, Trump or the Walton family? The latter is fairly in the background. Sachlers were (and are) getting away with the opiate epidemic.

Sure there is a level, where it's only seeing shadow men, but Bill Gates, Musk or Bezos as a final boss seems anticlimatic. I do subscribe to the deep state idea, but I see it more like powerful people trying to keep their power, but it's more of a random walk than an orchestrated psyops.

[–] WhatsTheHoldup@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 minutes ago* (last edited 6 minutes ago)

It is kinda crazy to imagine a secret cabal of rich people who surreptitiously run the world, rather than the well known cabal of rich people who openly run the world.

The cabal of rich people who run the world were a hell of a lot less open about it before tech billionaires came onto the stage.

Do we actually know the rich billionaires running the world, or do we just know the owners of Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, Twitter and Facebook? (And then Warren Buffet is there too)

[–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

There’s a UFO person who has been around for a long time who claims they were offered a billion dollars to shut up.

[–] kiagam@lemmy.world 2 points 17 minutes ago

Anyone willing to pay a billion dollars to keep a secret secret, is also willing to kill someone who does not take the billion dolar bribe

[–] passepartout@feddit.org 37 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (2 children)

In other words:

Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.

Although honestly, this becomes harder to apply every day.

[–] Dragonstaff@leminal.space 3 points 1 hour ago

There's way too much malice in the world to rely on pithy witticisms too heavily.

[–] Draegur@lemm.ee 38 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

Any sufficiently advanced stupidity is indistinguishable from malice.

[–] MajinBlayze@lemmy.world 12 points 4 hours ago

Things get much harder to justify this way when you account for how easily malice can manufacturer stupidity for malice to hide in.

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 4 points 4 hours ago

Consider your wisdom stolen with the intent to reproduce, good sir and/or ma’am.

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 30 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

On the other hand...

It's canon in DC comics that Batman runs a website called "Bruce Wayne Is Batman." It's a bit like 'birds aren't real' and the Caped Crusader does it to hide in plain sight.

[–] Hyphlosion@lemm.ee 4 points 3 hours ago

That’s genius. Also a good way to keep tabs on potential stalkers. Stalking the stalkers?

[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 20 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

The fact that I WAS ABLE to find the YouTube video just PROVES ISM tHE ENliGhtENEd one!

I’m surrounded by simpletons 😮‍💨

[–] CmdrShepard42@lemm.ee 4 points 4 hours ago

The fact that I can't find the the YouTube video just PROVES the government is covering everything up!

[–] InternetPerson 5 points 5 hours ago

Don't argue with crazy. Those people need help, not a rational discussion (which they are not capable of).

[–] RedditIsDeddit@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago

so someone rubbed their last two brain cells together for this one I guess

[–] Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago (3 children)

What in the conspiracy theory bullshit is this?

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 20 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

The /s is implied.

[–] Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world 9 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Ah, it just clicked for me. My only excuse was that I had just woken up, but it seems pretty obvious in hindsight

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 5 points 5 hours ago

I have been in the same position myself.

[–] higgsboson@dubvee.org 6 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

You might want to go re-read it. This comic is literally making fun of the mental backflips conspiracy believers have to do. If you didnt get that, try again.

[–] entwine413@lemm.ee 6 points 5 hours ago

It's a comic, buddy. Try not taking things so seriously.