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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Is it because there's a whole ton of people who are simply selfish?

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 month ago (2 children)

No?

It's basically just anti-academic.

If you can just invent arcane knowledge that only you know then you're smarter than everyone and can do anything you like.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

That makes more sense than what I was thinking before

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Basically the whole contingent is anti-authority, and con's were able to capitalize on that by feeding the pushback against vaccines and masks.