So if you’re like me your Facebook feed has blown up with people sharing this Plandemic YouTube link. And it was being shared by people across the political spectrum - not just extremists. I was seeing it so much that my “Internet Horseshit” meter went off and when that happens I gotta go digging through the bullshit and figure out what’s really going on cause pretty much everything shared on social media is complete garbage and I sure this was not an exception.
Over the course of my research I found that my initial sense of Total Internet Horseshit was pretty spot on. I’ll save you the time I spent reading article after article and share a couple I thought summarized it nicely.
Reddit actually does amazing work when it comes to researching. Here’s a great thread debating it:
Plandemic Documentary debunked : CovIdiots
Found an actual doctor who’s posting on Facebook took off virally for, you know, being an actual doctor talking about doctor stuff and not armchair quarterbacking like those of us not in the medical field:
Stefan Richter
Finally here’s an article talking about WHY we so readily believe something we read on the internet (hint - cognitive bias):
Stefan Richter
And really that’s what this is all about - YouTube is designed to continue feeding you videos that support your perspective. You see something you agree with and then you share it on social media; a platform which is designed to be an echo chamber of your own beliefs. We as humans are losing the ability to critically think and look at both sides of the issue. If it agrees with our worldview we accept it without thought. No fact checks needed. Rarely are things so black and white as today’s politically charged atmosphere makes it seem. The entire world is gray. We need to act like it and start questioning even the things that we agree with.
Do I think Plandemic is a classic Internet Horseshit video? Yes. Do I think people who have shared this video are idiots for believing it? No. I think most of us are scared and confused by the world we live in today. We are desperately wishing for everything to return to normal. Many of us are financially hurting, out of jobs, wondering how we’ll be able to pay rent, the power bill, or for our next meal. We want the lockdown to end. We want the virus to be defeated. We want norma againl. Plandemic reinforces that desired world by saying “Yes, all this shit is overblown and we’re ok.” Since that conforms with your worldview you cling to it (cognitive bias), share it, and say “See! They’re out to get us - I KNEW it!”.