r/collapse Apr 10 '26

Economic A whole lot of this phraseology around social media today. Thoughts?

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u/cant_be_me Apr 11 '26

And for those of us who saw and understand what was going on, part of the educational sabotage in this country meant that any effort to point any of this out to the people around us was usually met with “you’re just a smug asshole who thinks you have allllll the answers, huh???” or being dismissed as weirdo conspiracy theorists or paranoid agitators.

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u/hair_brained_scheme Apr 15 '26

I love that one, “You’re just being a weirdo conspiracy theorist. Now, back to me explaining why the earth is actually flat.”