Desperation forces rational people to act irrational
If you can tell yourself you don’t want something because you believe it’s bad for you, when the real issue is you can’t afford the treatment, it hurts less emotionally
Particularly if you happen to be in America where everyone is propagandised into thinking everything bad that happens to them is a personal failure
Thanks to the internet, conspiracies get wings, and now we have American-originated conspiracies making meaningful impact in Europe
Significant enough to talk about
Desperation forces rational people to act irrational
If you can tell yourself you don’t want something because you believe it’s bad for you, when the real issue is you can’t afford the treatment, it hurts less emotionally
Particularly if you happen to be in America where everyone is propagandised into thinking everything bad that happens to them is a personal failure
Thanks to the internet, conspiracies get wings, and now we have American-originated conspiracies making meaningful impact in Europe