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“My Brother Is So Far Gone”: How Male Influencers Turned The Men In These People’s Lives Toxic
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It's not just being angry at the system, but getting to feel morally superior to everyone else who isn't clued into their "secret" knowledge. That's the main allure of conspiracy culture. You always get to be right, and the people you hate will always be wrong. Conspiracies melt brains.
Oh yeah, phonecalls with my mother would start pleasant and turn into her bullshit about 'the great reset' or 'the great barrington declaration', and when I expressed doubt in the accuracy of her information, she'd go full-on smug asshole and say shit like "Well, I guess we'll know which one of us is right soon enough." or "Don't come crawling back to me when your investments all go to zero.". It was 100% 'escape to the future' fallacy, all day every day.
I eventually got tired of the bullshit and went zero-contact, filtered her eMails to the spam folder, blocked her number, etc.
I anticipate that I'll get the call one day that she's in the hospital and nobody will come pick her up, but until then, my sanity remains intact.