Axulus
Veteran Member
Just watched the new documentary The Truth vs Alex Jones which chronicles his Sandy Hook hoax lies and subsequent lawsuits.
The ease at which this man lies non-stop and his inability to stop lying, even when given a court order, is astounding. At one point, he is given a court order not to tell the jury that he is bankrupt or that he complied with all discovery requests, and yet he does exactly that! He said to the judge that he believed what he was saying was true, to which the judge replies "your belief about something doesn't make it true."
What I really learned is that there is a significant portion of the population that will believe a compulsive liar whole heartedly if the lies they are being told exploit their mistrusts, anxieties and fears. These lies can then be channeled into anger.
During the trial, a statistic was shown that 24% of the population belives that part or all of the Sandy Hook massacre was made up. That's like 75 million adults!
Even more disturbing was the data they showed in spike in page views/attention and the increase in sales from Alex Jones' online store when new Sandy Hook hoax videos and articles were posted. So there are huge profits to be made through these lies.
It is exactly just like what Trump does.
It made me realize more than ever how many people are vulnerable to conmen. Trump's main talent is that he is one of the most convincing conmen in the United States. He exploits peoples mistrust/fears of government, media, elites, immigrants, wokeism, etc, and makes up bald faced lies about them, and repeats them over, and over, nonstop.
When you combine a talented conman with other traits like psychopathy, narcissism, and sadism, these become some of the most dangerous people in the world.
I was also recently watching some of the disturbing videos and commentary about the Ruby Franke child abuse case. Her partner in crime, Jodi Hildebrant, was exactly one such person, a psychopath, narcissist, sadist, and extremely convincing conman. She could be so convincing that her own daughter said that if Jodi said the sky was yellow, she would believe it.
When it comes to hearing lies over and over that some people are primed to believe, there is no easy way to dispel these beliefs. With the ability for lies to spread faster than ever on social media, I honestly don't see how our liberal democracy can hold up. It seems like just about everyone I talk to has some sort of compulsion to discuss politics. And I would say at least 90% of the time they repeat some obvious, outrageous lie to back up their view, and are unwavering in their belief that the lie is true.
Don't know what the future will hold but I'm not particularly optimistic.
The ease at which this man lies non-stop and his inability to stop lying, even when given a court order, is astounding. At one point, he is given a court order not to tell the jury that he is bankrupt or that he complied with all discovery requests, and yet he does exactly that! He said to the judge that he believed what he was saying was true, to which the judge replies "your belief about something doesn't make it true."
What I really learned is that there is a significant portion of the population that will believe a compulsive liar whole heartedly if the lies they are being told exploit their mistrusts, anxieties and fears. These lies can then be channeled into anger.
During the trial, a statistic was shown that 24% of the population belives that part or all of the Sandy Hook massacre was made up. That's like 75 million adults!
Even more disturbing was the data they showed in spike in page views/attention and the increase in sales from Alex Jones' online store when new Sandy Hook hoax videos and articles were posted. So there are huge profits to be made through these lies.
It is exactly just like what Trump does.
It made me realize more than ever how many people are vulnerable to conmen. Trump's main talent is that he is one of the most convincing conmen in the United States. He exploits peoples mistrust/fears of government, media, elites, immigrants, wokeism, etc, and makes up bald faced lies about them, and repeats them over, and over, nonstop.
When you combine a talented conman with other traits like psychopathy, narcissism, and sadism, these become some of the most dangerous people in the world.
I was also recently watching some of the disturbing videos and commentary about the Ruby Franke child abuse case. Her partner in crime, Jodi Hildebrant, was exactly one such person, a psychopath, narcissist, sadist, and extremely convincing conman. She could be so convincing that her own daughter said that if Jodi said the sky was yellow, she would believe it.
When it comes to hearing lies over and over that some people are primed to believe, there is no easy way to dispel these beliefs. With the ability for lies to spread faster than ever on social media, I honestly don't see how our liberal democracy can hold up. It seems like just about everyone I talk to has some sort of compulsion to discuss politics. And I would say at least 90% of the time they repeat some obvious, outrageous lie to back up their view, and are unwavering in their belief that the lie is true.
Don't know what the future will hold but I'm not particularly optimistic.
