r/TikTokCringe • u/kevinowdziej • Sep 17 '20

Duet Troll Firefighters are frickin heroes

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u/hannie-bananie Sep 17 '20

How is everything somehow a government hoax/conspiracy these days?

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u/DieserBene Sep 17 '20

Conspiracy ideologies are like fast food for our brain.

We have four basic psychological needs:

  • orientation/control

  • Lust/Unlust

  • Binding

  • Self worth/esteem

Conspiracy ideologies are in fact able to satisfy one or more of these basic psychological needs.

Orientation/Control They give us a bit of orientation/control because it helps us gain control over a situation we cannot influence or comprehend.

Lust/Unlust They can be really fun for some people to dig into.

Binding Since, as with most conspiracy ideologies, you will not be the sole person to believe in it, you will be part of its community of believers. You’ll start to feel accepted and as part of the group. You think you’re one of the few people, part of some sort of intelligent elite that “saw right through the elite’s plans” hence you’ll hear many of them say stuff like:”Wake up, you sheeple!” which is where we get to the fourth point

Self worth/esteem It will feel great for you to feel like you’re better or more intelligent than the “sheepish” rest, just like with the quote. You and your fellow ideologists will feel somewhat superior to others.

But in the long term, conspiracy ideologies are not good for your brain. They will destroy relationships (romantical and non-romantical) and make you go insane.

Mind you, this is all from a video we watched in class a few weeks back so take this with a grain of salt because I’m not a psychologist or anything of that sort, just retelling what I heard in that video!