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The reason I absolutely believe this to be true? Because I’ve used this on my little brothers since we were kids. I’m 45.
It’s called “reverse psychology.”
It's a bizarre and (afaik) unfounded conspiracy theory, but I don't think this reasoning works as a refutation. It's still very possible that the experiment got out, and even if not they still needed policies to protect all the people they didn't want to be affected because the targeting isn't perfect.
How are China's stringent lockdowns explained in this conspiracy theory? Also, where do I sign up as a member?
A repressive regime that becomes less repressive during a global pandemic is highly suspicious. Gotta keep up appearances.
Okay, I'm convinced. 😂
I like you.
Like, this is what conspiracy should be - actually somewhat believable - and not dumb shit like flat earth.
I always held that 9/11 was dubious. Not an "inside job" per se, but definitely a case of "we're gonna turn our backs for just a second, and you terrorists better not do something silly while we're not looking!"
One of the biggest things that will always stick out to me: the WMDs. They were adamant Iraq had them. They said they had actual evidence. None of it was true. It all came across as an excuse for ol' George to go in and try to finish what daddy started in '91.
Just to be clear as well, I think other conspiracies such as the controlled demolition of the towers and the fake plane at the pentagon are bullshit. I don't have my tinfoil hat on that tightly.
But why? What they won letting that happen?
The Patriot Act gives the government practically unlimited permission to spy on all citizens. It was created and passed as a result of 9/11.
Created before 9/11
It was introduced on October 23rd 2001 in direct response to the 9/11 attack and signed into law on 26th.
The Omnibus Counterterrorism Act of 1995 had many of its rejected proposals recycled as the USAPATRIOT Act of 2001
I don't doubt that many proposals were made well before 9/11, but that attack certainly proved a catalyst in getting them approved.
Basically: we want to control citizens > citizens don't want to be controlled > create a scenario in which they want to be controlled > control citizens
Might take a few years between implementation and the desired result, but politics is always a slow march towards authoritarianism.
Also, the fact it was labelled as the counter terrorism act. Not much call for a counter terrorism act of there isn't much terrorism happening. No better way to say "we need this" than an actual terrorist attack happening.
Maybe not WTC 1 or 2 but WTC 7 looks exactly like a controlled demolition.
Half-done virus got out per accident?
Can confirm this is true because the same was true for my mum. She was against the COVID vaccine, but then she started believing that the theories were started by the Chinese government to target people who don't listen to the authorities.
The one child policy has been abolished a good while before covid.
That doesn't change the distribution of demographics by itself. Even assuming the birth rate skyrocketed after the nixing of the one child policy, it takes ~20 years before those people are working age.
The big problem China faced and why the one-child policy was abandoned after all is that there was a staunch focus on having a male child to "keep the bloodline alive" (cultural reasoning) which led to a stagnation in the 0-14 years age group due to an overpopulation with males. This is not fixed by killing off your elderly.
Covid was most deadly for the age group of 65 and above and in 2019, they had proportionally less people aged 65+ than the US (13.50% in China vs. 16.4% in the US). Either China's scientists failed immensely or the virus stemmed from bad hygiene practices in livestock markets selling bats.
The theory I'd believe more is that the U S of A govt or one of its agencies engineered and released it in China.
China and India are growing economies, with decent populations and a pandemic would seriously delay their growth and help the U S of A keep it's top place for a bit longer or destroy its competitors.
I've heard the theory being given decent thought by non-western people. And it's equally, if not, more believable than the other one.
The US is the only country that has ever used nuclear weapons on civillians, so them using biological weapons on civillians would not be a big moral barrier for them or a big stretch to think about.
They probably didn't think it'd spread this much and their own citizens n even president would be idiotic enough to be against vaccines and masks, when people were dying.
They did a stupid ass job them, killing the older only gonna help China, and it didn't even killed enough people to make a difference and it backfired in the US, the conspiracy that China was engineering with it and shit escaped make more sense
They probably didn't expect their president to be idiotic enough to be against vaccines and recommend stuff like bleach.
They're a developed nation and could've had better control.
They were able to hinder Chinese trade a bit.
And didn't they try and fail to kill Castro in many stupid ass ways?
I think them doing it is more likely than China doing it to their own, considering the trade issues that the virus caused for China at the time.
And again, they were the first to use nuclear weapons on civillians. Did it twice even.
I don't think they'd have an qualms about using biological weapons, if they thought that it'd give them an edge.
They also can float the 'China virus' conspiracy to confuse the public and make them anti-China too.
Nvm