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lonely bird

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2. In my opinion, which means nothing, this is...

Reply to catbyte (Original post)

Thu Feb 11, 2021, 09:41 AM

Feb 2021

A combination of addictive personalities and a mindset that events which have impacted them must be controlled by malevolent forces. It also gives them a sense of “belonging to something bigger than themselves” which is simply a malignant form of tribalism in the case of conspiracies.

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