Conspiracy theories have become a for-profit business in recent decades.

[WalterScottDempsey]

People make up new conspiracy theories to keep the gravy train going. Yes, the world is turning to shit and yes there seems to be a government not thinking in our interests, but they aren't using "chemtrails" or "spy butterflies" to monitor us and control us. They use social media, where you voluntarily give up your own information so you can control what other people say on the internet. Where you help to enforce a groupthought where everyone must have happy little smiles where in spite of the terrifying, damning DOW bubble, we must all sing happy songs about how the economy has finally come back, and those who don't fall for that get sucked into the false theories made by corporate entities like Alex Jones, with their charismatic anger they lead an angry but impotent flock of sheep.

[brainiac3397]

Some people just need to create a reason for to put the blame of their stupidity onto another entity(in this case, government). They give up all privacy willingly, neglecting to read the terms & conditions, and then when their "freedom is infringed" they complain.

I'd call it "socially-influenced ignorance" where the preception of socialization among a community creates an assumption that the community was naturally gathered, though in reality it takes place on the premises of a 3rd party that explicitly states their right to gather your information and to display it with your consent(given when you use the service).

Want privacy? Ditch the web and do it in reality. Why? because the web is public, your home isn't. You go to a public place, don't expect privacy while the ability to say what you will.

[School]

The people who complain about losing privacy with facebook are morons. Don't use it then.

[Sharpie]

Have you been reading Cracked recently?

[WalterScottDempsey]

(07-17-2014 12:50 AM)Sharpie Wrote:  Have you been reading Cracked recently?

Funny you bring that up, there was a thread on /pol/ that linked to a certain article. It helped me connect the dots.