How did you become a "conspiracy theorist"?

[TheRealSkeptic5000]

For me, it was a slow process. I went from being a "trust the science" skeptic towards being a tinfoil hatter.

I remember when I was 16 and I went to a party that was being hosted, I kid you not, by freemasonry. They basically allowed the lodge/temple to act as a nightclub for a night, possibly to raise funds. I didn't know it at first, but while we were waiting outside in the line, I saw the compass and the square on the front door. I knew about Freemasonry and the revolutions, but I thought they were gone. I thought maybe they wanted to "harvest" the energy that teens at a nightclub emit (according to metaphysical beliefs, which I don't believe in), but they were probably just raising funds for the upkeep of the lodge. About that same time, we had a memorial at school dedicated to the "Night of the pencils". The story goes that the 70's military junta snatched and murdered teens who were peacefully protesting, demanding that public schools also cover the costs of transportation and food, I think. I think an undertone of that event was conveying the idea that "this could have happened to one of your friends" since pseudo-political activism is very widespread among the youth in my country (I was never part of that leftist crap, though).

When I arrived home, my dad told me the truth. Those innocent kids were actually armed terrorists that belonged to the People's Revolutionary Army (ERP). They had stockpiled on weapons and they belonged to this organization which managed to take over an entire province at a certain point. To put it in familiar terms, guerrilla warfare, urban terrorism, etc. I realized my school had been lying to me about an easily-demonstrable fact; you could check this on wikipedia. I don't think anyone did.

But what really woke me up was the whole decade of the 2010's. Seeing the intense left-wing bias not just in media, but in history, science and education and knowing about the communist practice of infiltration, at first I thought it was simply communist indoctrination.

I learned more; I found out about luciferians, jews, mystery schools and globalism. Nowadays, I think there is an ongoing plan for world subjugation. It may have been the plan of the mystery schools all along. These people don't do it for money only. When money is no object, you need other pursuits in life. Leaving a legacy, showing your power, achieving your potential and satisfying your ego are huge driving forces in the life of a man.

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How about you?

[2017Fallout]

Having a dad that taught me to think, question and defend/attack a line of argument. He was a twat is a lot of other ways but he did well giving me this.

[The_Venerable]

These days the term "conspiracy theorist" is null and void imo, because it's obvious there is a grand conspiracy going on. That term should be reserved for those who theorize about conspiracies, not people who don't want a one world government, cashless society controlled by jews.

But my awakening happened after Obama got elected. I wasn't into politics back then, but seeing him do a complete 180 from his campaign promises "woke" me up. Then I discovered the Obama Deception from Alex Jones and started listening to him. He really wasn't bad in the late 00s. Then the JQ became known. Which was weird, because it wasn't like a "Holy crap it's the jews" moment, but it was more of a "Oh yeah.. I knew that. I must've been suppressing it or something.". I was still a nigger lover at that point though. I had this vision of whites and blacks uniting against the jew. Even in the early days of voat. I laugh now when I look back at it because NIGGERS ARE FUCKING USELESS!

[merlynn132]

Gamergate. Watching the media lie their asses off about you for no reason other than to cover up the fact they're incestuous fucktards who do "favors" for "friends" pretty much showed me just how fucked up the media is. Once I stopped believing them,the rest was easy.

[Heisenberg123]

By seeing how my people are attacked and going down the path of destruction. By trying to oppose evil. By simply trying to be on good side. They call us conspiracy theorists and attach negativity to it but inherently it's very neutral thing. Also many things we talk about are not theories at all.

[TheRealSkeptic5000]

Once you realize that school, media, politics, history and science have been lying to you; not just wrong, but consciously lying, you can never trust them again. If you do, you're a slave. You're like those wives who get beaten but think this time he'll stop, he'll change, "you don't know him like I do", etc.

If people like you and I can have secrets and conspire... What makes you think that the governments of the world, banks, businesses, political parties and others aren't conspiring right now? There's too much at stake for it to be left to chance. Corruption and espionage are admitted examples of conspiracies. Government is simply the mafia but at a higher scale; the basis of its power is coercion, violence, aggression. If you want to stay in power, you need to be able to stand your ground. It's a race for power and dominance, and they are willing to do anything because the other side will. That's why they resort to unethical experiments, developing weapons and others.

[Tallest_Skil]

I started telling the truth.

[Nosferatjew]

I'm not a conspiracy theorist, I'm a realist. It just so happens that there are lots of real conspiracies.

[robertawearefree]

Tried to publish some stuff. (((they))) set their goons on me. I was stunned. Had published lots of other stuff, never had this kind of brick wall, attack the messenger type shit. Pulled the thread, whole tapestry came undone.

[DaFet]

I cant believe that in this day and age, some people are still saying that homosexuality is learned, a choice, etc etc.

Come on, guys. With all the hostility, mockery and discrimination aimed at homosexuals and LGBT, dont you think we would have "unlearned" this the first opportunity we got?

I rest my case.