Shadowland

It doesn't really talk about the psychology or mechanism of coining and spread of conspiracy theories, that I expected it to do.

It goes on to pick several conspiracy theories, meet persons who coined or spread that or believe in that, and those people chat endlessly trying to prove that their theories are correct.

So, it is a long blabbering, chat show, that ends up proving that the conspiracy theories are actually correct.

I was tearing my head seeing repeat mention of Capitol Hill incident or covid-19 being pharma-company generated or elections hacked by google/ facebook.

They should have left out individual conspiracy theories altogether and rather have concentrated on analyzing why people feel the need of coining such theories, why they put their time and effort and money to spread them and what psychological need causes other gullible people to subscribe to any such trash theories. It could have been heavily edited to limit it to 2 to 3 hours, all the originators of various conspiracy theories should have been strictly kept out of it, they happily used this series to sell their trash theories.

It is a waste of 8 hours to see the series, you are none the wiser after seeing it full, actually you end up getting convinced that various conspiracy theories were actually correct.

Don't waste your time on it.

I wasted an hour of my life and I can't get it back. Maybe this show gets better as it develops but I don't have time to waste Hoping it will.

I wanted to know why people believe in conspiracies and this didn't show me much. It was more like reality TV for conspiracy theorists. This show gave these types a platform to explain their beliefs and try to convince us that they are true. I don't need to be yelled at by crazies who aren't getting their way, so it must be a conspiracy! The one lady who was there on January 6 really wants us to believe she is this soft spoken innocent baby. Tons of laughs!

Anyway, this did not hold my interest because it did not deliver on what the description said. I have no interest in watching conspiracy theorists go about their days or being given a lesson on the deep state. I want to know WHY they believe these things.

It never ceases to amaze me how many complete and utter dinlos exist out there. It is actually quite sad, as most the individuals appear to have their heart in the right place - that is they want to help others. But their thinking is just so distorted and extreme, and in some cases result in their prosecution. They see themselves as victims or martyrs. They are victims - not victims of the system as they perceive themselves to be - but victims of the very nonsense they peddle out in the first place, brainwashing others after being brainwashed themselves.

It is both sad and disheartening to watch this series, but it does provide an eye opening account into the backgrounds and motivations of the conspiracy cults and people involved in these.

Yet another brazenly fake 'documentary' using actors and staged events (how do you get three different camera angles during the same phone call, by a lady in a pizza kitchen smaller than an RV?), to promote whatever is the latest trending pop-culture version of what everyone is supposed to think.

Advertisers and entertainers have been using audience data since long before the time of 'social media' to craft narratives, based in part on what audiences will respond to, and in part on what ideas might best manipulate their interest going forward.

It isn't any conspiracy, it's just a tried-and-true business model: find out what they want, use it against them to make them want other things too, and build in enough ideological cues to have them believe that by taking this maneuvering of their viewpoints at face value, they are somehow ending up on the correct side of things.

This kind of mind-candy isn't even about politics or ideology really, it's just about what entertainment and marketing have always been about: finding one way or another to part fools from their money. If it didn't work so well, nobody would produce this kind of transparent fiction and call it 'information.'

Remember, we had a conspiracy theory of collusion with Russia that was debunked.

Well, to be honest it wasn't even investigated as Muller couldn't even answer basic questions about the key components of what he was supposed to look into.

We later found out the FBI knew right from the start the dossier was fake.

Here you have the opposite.

They look into "theories" but ignore the fact that the much of it has been proven true. Medicines that were banned work - are over 80% effective. Harms from the vaccines. Masks not helping and more.

Amounts to a political attack, ignoring the real story.