How conspiracy theories are influencing the US election | BBC Americast

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  • Опубликовано: 15 ноя 2024

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  • @sillygoose9070
    @sillygoose9070 Месяц назад +18

    So the the British people, who are forced to pay for the BBC, may not see this video?
    Only by using VPN am I able to see it and make this comment.

    • @russellmason5095
      @russellmason5095 Месяц назад +1

      I think most British people have worked that out. Not only you.

    • @4362mont
      @4362mont Месяц назад

      I'm surprised the BBC allows Americans to see this.

  • @kiyacosan5591
    @kiyacosan5591 Месяц назад +5

    I think you nailed it when you said both halves of American people are looking at each other through the Looking Glass that's distorted. Both sides really do have the same ideas about what is wrong and what to do about it and how to fix it, but they're separated by party and now by a person who wasn't even in a party but is only in it for power. And since 2020 it's hard to know what is real anymore or even the meaning of "real " from whoever is speaking their version. SOS from America!

  • @IloveNongthongbamBirenSingh
    @IloveNongthongbamBirenSingh Месяц назад +15

    I live in one of the North Eastern States of India and can proudly say that there are not enough people like me in this world who don't believe in the Bible, Quran, Gita, Torah and every other religious book. I prefer science and logical reasoning but I can't understand why despite the deployment of more than 60,000 Indian troops in my state, I can't understand why bombs continue to fall near my home. Can any conspiracy theorist explain why my India is not able to stop the Kuki terror networks who are dropping bombs from drones made in China ? Are Chinese drones really powerful?

    • @Intelligence_Failure
      @Intelligence_Failure Месяц назад +1

      f°°cist prop°g°nda bot

    • @IloveNongthongbamBirenSingh
      @IloveNongthongbamBirenSingh Месяц назад

      @@PremierCCGuyMMXVI 😊😊

    • @Intelligence_Failure
      @Intelligence_Failure Месяц назад +2

      @@PremierCCGuyMMXVI you agree with intensifying a f°°cist military crackdown on a rural ethnic minority in india? or did you not understand that that was the point of the comment?

    • @Intelligence_Failure
      @Intelligence_Failure Месяц назад +1

      @@PremierCCGuyMMXVI no, that was the flavouring. the point of the post is the ethnic minority crackdown.

    • @PremierCCGuyMMXVI
      @PremierCCGuyMMXVI Месяц назад

      @@Intelligence_Failure ohhhhh I must be illiterate my bad. 💀

  • @generybarczyk6993
    @generybarczyk6993 Месяц назад +7

    I think this podcast misses a significant feature of the "conspiracy phenomenon," and that is the _stratification_ of social media consumers (i.e., users). In the broadest strokes, there are conspiracy believers and conspiracy scoffers. The major issue is not opposing conspiracies, it is the intellectually pliant versus the critical thinkers, fantasists vs realists. And there are layers within those. The question isn't what will the labile do, the question is, how to pull them back in---when logic is _not_ the answer. While social media provides some insight, it is not, itself, a tool by which one can take a deep dive into any population's psyche.
    The mob that attacked the Capitol was exactly that---an ineffective, leaderless mob---not the vanguard of an army. The cream of the crazies were drawn together by the lunatic-in-chief; of course they will continue to rant (19:22). They're off their meds.

    • @corneliahanimann2173
      @corneliahanimann2173 Месяц назад +1

      The two biggest factors that can psychologically be considered to be factors that lead someone to become a conspiracy theorist is exposure and insecurity.
      Even being a scoffer, is one of the ways in which you eventually start to believe in some.

    • @generybarczyk6993
      @generybarczyk6993 Месяц назад +1

      @@corneliahanimann2173 Interesting. But are you suggesting that continued exposure will draw anyone in?

    • @corneliahanimann2173
      @corneliahanimann2173 Месяц назад

      @@generybarczyk6993 no frankly I just watched a youtuber invite his psychology professor friend, but he has deleted his youtubechannel, that was dedicated to debunking these theories, and this is my best takeaway. One real life example I know is someone that was not exactly thinking that covid is a fake disease, but they had one coworker that would spam everyone with conspiracy stuff about it, so that eventually they were hesitant to get the vaccine, not because they are an unreasonable person, but because being bombarded by info like that on a daily basis has an impact. The skeleton of a conspiracy theory is always about these details of information that, if you were to decontruct the thing properly you'd need a PHD in several topics. Arguing against that is extremly difficult because of that. The core of it always is that some shadowgovernment is actually messing with us, and the issue is really in t his time that we have constant exposure to misinformation and the governments are not encouraging a lot of confidence in the system. Conspiracy theorists have been thriving in this environment.
      The answer to the question is that with time, you are going to believe enough of it but it's not like all of us will be conspiracy theorists one day, but the chance of us eventually buying into one of these is high.

    • @corneliahanimann2173
      @corneliahanimann2173 Месяц назад +1

      @@generybarczyk6993 my response got removed...
      I try again.
      No I don't think, that thing I heard a psychology professor say, is like an applicable rule set in stone. I think we live in a time where we experience a lot of exposure to these theories, and simultaneously, when we live in governments that don't make us feel in power of our decisions or fail us during something like a pamdemic, which inevitabely encourages insecurity, it is not surprising that you suddenly have a noticeable rise in people that opt for conspiracy theories.

    • @generybarczyk6993
      @generybarczyk6993 Месяц назад +2

      @@corneliahanimann2173 Thank you for the further explanation.

  • @chikaeze3640
    @chikaeze3640 Месяц назад +9

    Fact checking is redundant how?

    • @polemius01
      @polemius01 Месяц назад

      MAGA's will not accept facts. Fact checking doesn't make any impact on them because they "believe" whatever their Orange God-King tells them.

    • @Pietzu10
      @Pietzu10 Месяц назад +1

      Americans have made fact checking a part of politics.

    • @omsi-fanmark
      @omsi-fanmark Месяц назад

      And to some US voters, facts don't matter. And the filter bubble of "social" networks providethem with what they want: Stories confirming what they already "know" is right. Even if it's all fake news or "alternative facts".

  • @Pete_YT
    @Pete_YT Месяц назад +1

    “Sharp as a tack”

  • @Pete_YT
    @Pete_YT Месяц назад +3

    Citizen journalism breaks the monopoly held by a handful of editors - they don’t like that.

  • @danieldare2640
    @danieldare2640 Месяц назад +1

    The second one about a group of people controlling the world is hard to debunk. Would make a good debate

  • @Shining237
    @Shining237 Месяц назад +11

    Should be titled: "Propagandists who provide you with propaganda"

    • @jeanclaudejunior
      @jeanclaudejunior Месяц назад +1

      @@Shining237 you're the propaganda, because you're weird according to Tim Walz

  • @jayclarke6671
    @jayclarke6671 Месяц назад +6

    50% of Americans or more actually believe literally that the world is just 6000 years old. Not a bright bunch. Glad I bailed LA for Europe back in 98.

    • @brannigandonnybrookoire9406
      @brannigandonnybrookoire9406 Месяц назад +1

      Haha But 72% of Russians believe the sun evolves around the earth..

    • @nuqwestr
      @nuqwestr Месяц назад

      50%, that is nonsense. I doubt that number is more than 3%

    • @jayclarke6671
      @jayclarke6671 Месяц назад

      @@nuqwestr Russian bot

  • @PremierCCGuyMMXVI
    @PremierCCGuyMMXVI Месяц назад +18

    I’m sick of Trump
    I hope Harris wins

    • @jeanclaudejunior
      @jeanclaudejunior Месяц назад +5

      Same here

    • @ConradSzymczak
      @ConradSzymczak Месяц назад

      Kammie & Koomer????

    • @justinconway8888
      @justinconway8888 Месяц назад

      She’s not though my apologies in advance

    • @PremierCCGuyMMXVI
      @PremierCCGuyMMXVI Месяц назад

      @@justinconway8888 😔
      The only good news is Allan Litchman, who’s got every presidential election correct since 1984, is saying Harris wins, but who knows at this point

    • @PremierCCGuyMMXVI
      @PremierCCGuyMMXVI Месяц назад

      @@ConradSzymczak ???

  • @rey82rey82
    @rey82rey82 Месяц назад +6

    This show is completely staged

  • @No-nameMan-e5b
    @No-nameMan-e5b Месяц назад +6

    So is that your conspiracy theory? This program is literally the pot calling the kettle black.

  • @fastwheels195
    @fastwheels195 Месяц назад

    One of the worst part of politics now is the mud slinging. There was a time when the candidates would run on there goals for if they are elected. Today they run on trashing eachother.
    Who knows the plans any candidate has?

    • @nuqwestr
      @nuqwestr Месяц назад

      "mud slinging" in US politics goes back to the founders in 1776, even Alexander Hamilton wrote anonymous pamphlets about his opponents. Nixon is famous for his "pink sheets" against his congressional opponents and "rat f'ing" in his 1972 campaign against Muskie. Pls!

  • @4362mont
    @4362mont Месяц назад

    Will I get through this video without hearing the word "propinquity"? Time will tell.

  • @mateycernic5009
    @mateycernic5009 Месяц назад +2

    Palestine ❤

  • @jbshiff8268
    @jbshiff8268 Месяц назад +2

    "Algorithms prioritizing content over safety"...🎯🎯🎯

  • @sherintv478
    @sherintv478 Месяц назад +2

    ❤❤❤

  • @johannbraunstein1190
    @johannbraunstein1190 Месяц назад

    It’s not the vote that counts but who counts the vote

  • @migongongasa
    @migongongasa Месяц назад +1

    Jasmine

  • @chectasy1731
    @chectasy1731 Месяц назад +7

    A lot of these consiracy turned out to right.

    • @jeanclaudejunior
      @jeanclaudejunior Месяц назад +3

      bs

    • @chectasy1731
      @chectasy1731 Месяц назад +3

      The Hunter Biden laptop, Russian/Trump collusion, Covid 19 came a Chinese lab, Nascar garage pull noose, Jussie Smollet, Good people on both sides,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,etc . Yep all those conspiracy theories were proven.

    • @tingtong5898
      @tingtong5898 Месяц назад +1

      Most turn out to be bs. Flat earth?

    • @stephenhill545
      @stephenhill545 Месяц назад

      Lacking the use of the verb "to be", you must be Russian, as Russians do not use this verb.

  • @Pete_YT
    @Pete_YT Месяц назад +1

    “The virus definitely wasn’t from a lab”

  • @AaronWireman
    @AaronWireman Месяц назад

    Most conspiracies are nonsense but some are true.

  • @auro1986
    @auro1986 Месяц назад

    how? bbc

  • @sanjayzala2191
    @sanjayzala2191 Месяц назад

    ✈️ 'Jetts - Fastest' _ •🇮🇳\ 🌍 /🇮🇳• _ "Aviation - Infrastructure" 🏔️

  • @boris8787
    @boris8787 Месяц назад +8

    The far left BBC & CNN propaganda machines. 😂😂

    • @M.Đ-z4u
      @M.Đ-z4u Месяц назад

      Deadly propaganda.like their idol Goebels

    • @tingtong5898
      @tingtong5898 Месяц назад +1

      Maybe to the left but not far left.

    • @jeanclaudejunior
      @jeanclaudejunior Месяц назад

      @boris8787 The only propaganda machine around here is you, facebook, RUclips, Google and Twitter, not the BBC or CNN

  • @mamdouh-Tawadros
    @mamdouh-Tawadros Месяц назад

    Everyone wants to stay in his/her jobs.

  • @shutincharlie3461
    @shutincharlie3461 Месяц назад +12

    You are the misinformation.

    • @jeanclaudejunior
      @jeanclaudejunior Месяц назад +5

      @shutincharlie3461 Nope, it's you, weirdo

    • @jeanclaudejunior
      @jeanclaudejunior Месяц назад +2

      @shutincharlie3461 The only misinformation around here is you

    • @jeanclaudejunior
      @jeanclaudejunior Месяц назад +2

      @shutincharlie3461 Tim Walz thinks that you're a weirdo and a misinformation and so do i

    • @jeanclaudejunior
      @jeanclaudejunior Месяц назад

      @shutincharlie3461 Are you deaf, weirdo misinformation? It was you who's the misinformation

    • @Intelligence_Failure
      @Intelligence_Failure Месяц назад +2

      sure, but you are the malinformation ;)

  • @ww8407
    @ww8407 Месяц назад

    You can say alot of things about the United States but we are never boring. This feels like the 3rd installment in a movie trilogy. In part one, a candidate believes the White House is hers until a dark horse celebrity real estate "mogul" takes the election. In Part 2, a worldwide virus effectively knocks the President out of the White House, but he vows revenge as his supporters attack the Capitol. And finally in Part 3, he has his eyes on the ultimate power seat again, vowing to never relinquish it and is on his way to victory until he makes the horrible mistake of debating his old feeble opponent too early allowing a younger woman of color to replace him. Her polls surge. She now leads. If he loses, he faces prison time. What will happen next? What is the fate of this election and America. Whichever way, the fallout will terrify you. Get your popcorn ready.

    • @nuqwestr
      @nuqwestr Месяц назад

      You're script is good, however the "young" opponent is 60 years old, a baby-boomer, and not winning in swing states, in fact, the polls look much like they did in 2016, with Wisconsin slowly turning to the GOP.

  • @SusanDianeHowell
    @SusanDianeHowell Месяц назад

    The Vaticanis are a religious people. All Civilian governments are comprised of religious people.

  • @watchman35
    @watchman35 Месяц назад +8

    Trump 2024 🇺🇸

  • @kierenalvarez
    @kierenalvarez Месяц назад +1

    You don't even have enough cred to report the weather mate! Give your TDS a rest!!!

  • @HenkyMizella
    @HenkyMizella Месяц назад

    *Coz the Capitalism thing😂

  • @tonchanthol5329
    @tonchanthol5329 Месяц назад +1

    first ❤❤

  • @migongongasa
    @migongongasa Месяц назад +1

    Jasmine

    • @jeanclaudejunior
      @jeanclaudejunior Месяц назад

      Why did you kept saying Jasmine? Please speak english