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Are Americans more prone to conspiracy theories than people in other countries? (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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It's wild.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I feel like Americans generally “know better”. The bottle says to take two, we know better than to follow the label, we take four. The button says to hold until three quarters full, we know better than to fall for that coffee stealing scheme, we crank that baby till it spills over and then try to add 10 creamers with a name we can’t pronounce. So when we hear that someone died under a bizarre circumstance, we know better.

I have taken to calling this "American Exceptionalism". Its in some ways baked in to how Americans address their world. I think much of it comes from pride-in-struggle, that for many Americans, their pride is all they have. And so this needs to be bolstered, put up front.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago

A combination of narcissism and solipsism, truly messed up and dangerous .