Today I just found out that President Putin is launching global campaign to try and discredit Western governments by claiming that they are the current cause of the global food crisis. The conspiracy theory goes like this: liberal globalist elites are shortening the food supply to curb climate change, force the world into submission, or both through regulations on the food supply. The rumors have been making their way around right-wing internet chat rooms for quite a while now and are now getting a boost from QAnon. It's worse in developing countries in Africa and Asia due to the food crisis being worse in those regions. The content of the conspiracy is also worse, according to the article, “When it comes to the food supply, the conspiracies become existential,” said Joel Finkelstein, co-founder of the Network Contagion Research Institute, which tracks hate and extremism on social media. “If you lose an election, you can win it back. Vaccines, well, you’re going to get sick, but you’ll be OK, probably.” But food is much more existential. Knowing the government, however, they are not completely to blame for this. Still, expect a long cold, hard winter with a lot of discontent.
- Stay Tuned
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