Always start with a sound, substantiated fact and extrapolate it out into the absurd or focus down on one controversial detail and blow it up out of all proportion; treat supposition or ambiguity as fact. Repeat, repeat repeat.
So –
- The Democrats are controlling the weather. Take the instance of seeding clouds to make rain. This is a scientifically sound technique that has been successfully carried out many times. Various particles can be used – silver iodide, potassium iodide, and dry ice or even salt. It has to be used on existing clouds to create rain or snow. You can’t seed thin air.
Then take a long-established conspiracy theory – the RAF seeding clouds in 1952 being responsible for the tragic Lynmouth floods (unconfirmed and controversial) – and run with it.
Then apply the conspiracy to modern day – ‘if they could do that in 1952 just think what they could do now?’ So the recent spate of hurricanes (fueled by global warming) were deliberately created by Biden and the Democrats to disrupt the election in Republican areas (conveniently ignoring the fact that the sparsely populated, rural areas of the Southern States just happen to be where hurricanes strike – due to climate and geography).
We have a viable conspiracy!
2. There was no Moon landing! Take the footage of the moon landings that appear to show the American flag, they stuck into the ground, fluttering. There is no atmosphere on the moon so the whole thing was staged in a Hollywood film studio. Ignore all other explanations. Ignore the much tested moon rocks, film of returning capsule, tracking by Russia etc. Persist with fluttering flag. It’s a hoax.
3. The Holocaust never happened. Focus on statements from holocaust denying historians who claim to have photographic evidence of doors that prove they weren’t ovens. Ignore all witness statements, survivor statements, detailed German Nazi documentation and photographic/film documentation. Claim it is a hoax created by Jews who presently control the world (based on so many Jews being wealthy bankers and businessmen). It feeds into the anti-Semitic story. They are looking to rule the world, already control everything and made it all up in order to gain sympathy.
4. The CIA blew up the Twin Towers. Some of the buildings seemed to go down in a controlled manner like in a planned demolition. Focus on the uncanny way the buildings went down. Highlight any reports concerning the structure of the buildings and how the fire from the planes could not have downe this. Look for an alternative. Obviously it was the CIA planting explosives (not the planes at all). It was all planned. They wanted to go to war with Iraq and needed an excuse.
The earth is flat. Of course it is. You can see it. All the photos are a hoax.
Evolution is nonsense. Obviously god made everything perfectly.
Social Media is great at spreading and magnifying conspiracy. There is always someone, some ‘fact’ that can be brought to bear. We are being hoodwinked. Only stupid, gullible, brainwashed people can’t see it.
MAGA and Trump are masters at spreading and using these conspiracies to undermine science, experts and the opposition. They are up to no good.
The sad thing is that they are up to no good but not in the way being portrayed! The real, underlying, establishment position is long established, firmly grounded and is no conspiracy. The wealthy run the world. Trump and Musk are the biggest culprits. That’s the irony!