The deadly bushfires
have also been seized on by networks of local and international
conspiracy theorists, many of whom claim the fires are part of
UN-led global plot to depopulate the world and seize control for a one-world government under the guises of climate change.
As
part of this wider conspiracy, theorists believe the alleged high-speed
rail network will force all of us into big cities where we can be
controlled by the government.
Posts to Facebook show bright lines —
supposedly laser beams — emanating from unsourced and unverified
pictures of Australia’s bushfires to back up their argument.
The
admin of one of the largest Facebook conspiracy pages wrote that
residents in bushfire-affected communities say forests around their
homes “just exploded out of no-where”.
Theorists have also been
sharing maps that show parallels between the locations of the fires and
the supposed high-speed rail network.
One blog post from a fringe
conspiracy theory site State of the Nation linking the bushfires to the
“global warming hoax” has made a huge impact on social media.
The
article titled ‘OPERATION TORCH AUSTRALIA: A Special Report on the
Geoengineered Firestorms and DEW-triggered Arson Fires’ claimed to draw
“striking parallels” between the fires and previous wildfires in
California.
The post, alongside others from the site linking the
Australian fires to directed-energy weapons, had been shared thousands
of times on Facebook.
They
were spread through a network of local and international pages, many of
which were themed around deep state conspiracy theories, chemtrails or
5G networks.
And it’s not just Star Wars-style lasers they reckon are starting the fires.
In
one case, a Facebook user whose profile said they lived in Byron Bay
shared a post to the Stop 5G Mid North Coast group with the comment:
“Smart meters can be activated to explode.”
One
of the most active pages in Australia sharing conspiracy theories
linking the fires to directed-energy weapons and various alleged
government plots has been the Higgins Storm Chasers page which, despite
having only around 10,000 followers, generates thousands of
shares and reactions for its posts.
Several
of these posts claimed to display evidence of energy weapons being used
in the fires – such as photos of trees burning on the inside – with one
post adding it showed “geoengineering not climate change”.
While
Facebook has moved to crack down on misinformation around some topics
such as vaccinations, there appears to be little stopping the spread of
conspiracy theories
surrounding bushfires on the platform.
Similarly,
conspiracy theories around the fires have flourished on YouTube, with
some videos also running ads on the platform, allowing channels to make
money while spreading
misinformation around the bushfires,
including that they were designed to make way for a planned high-speed
rail link between Australia’s cities.
One of the most active in claiming the bushfires were part of a government plot has been
Australian
conspiracy theorist Max Igan, who has generated nearly a million views
for his series of videos decrying the “Australian Holocaust”.
In
one, Mr Igan claimed that an unspecified cabal had been “spraying this
country with accelerants” while also deliberately drying the continent
to create “the perfect storm”.
“They’re going to blame all this on climate change … they intend to genocide this country,” he told viewers.
The video had been shared more than 12,000 times on Facebook alone.
Dr
Will Grant – a senior lecturer in science communication at the
Australian National University – believes these theories were being
spread by the far right.
“The theory aligns with ideas there’s a deep state (a clandestine government) out there armed with secret weapons,” he said.
Dr
Grant believes it is gaining traction because of the “extreme”
polarisation between the political left, often associated with city
living, and right, often associated with rural living.
“This
high-speed rail conspiracy comes out of the idea the left and the
government want us to live in cities with a smaller carbon footprint and
closer to work, and many on the left say this is a good thing,” he
said.
“However, what we’re seeing here is the far right taking
this to an extreme – saying ‘they’re forcing us to be vegan and live in
apartment’ – which is obviously not true.”
He said the theories
around “exploding smart meters” and 5G being used for nefarious purposes
play into “legitimate” concerns around big corporations and the data
they have on us.
“We should be careful, because this is ripe
ground for a conspiracy theorist,” he said. “What they are doing is
taking a legitimate truth and playing it up, adding paranoia, and making
it into something else.”
Another concern is that foreign
governments are spreading these conspiracies to exploit cracks in
Western nations about climate change.
“We’ve seen this with the Russian troll army in the US,” Dr Grant said.
“Now
we’re not America in terms of size and influence. But what’s obvious is
that, right now, there’s a huge crack in Australian society about
climate change and how to deal with it.
“It could be exploited as
another crack in the ability of Western countries to have democracy, so I
wouldn’t be surprised if a state actor was interested in this.”
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Μπορεί κανείς να μιλήσει άνετα πλέον γιά ένα μεγάλο παγκόσμιο ταξικό πόλεμο χωρίς αιχμαλώτους.
Ό,τι έγινε στο Μάτι έγινε και στην Αυστραλία και στην Καλιφόρνια. Τα ιδιωτικά διαστημόπλοια φαίνεται ότι έπιασαν για τα καλά δουλειά σε βάρος των αθὠων πολιτών.
Κάπου όμως επιστρέφουν για ανεφοδισμό δεν είναι;
Η εταιρεία που αναφέρεται στο άρθρο είναι κάτοχος τέτοιων διαστημικών οχημάτων. Δεν είναι δα και τόσο δύσκολο να καταλάβει κανείς όπως λες Λύκαστρε τι κάνει νιάου νιάου στα σύννεφα.
Ο πρωθυπουργός της Αυστραλίας έκανε διακοπές στην Χαβάη την ώρα που η χώρα του καιγόταν. Τώρα οι απλοί άνθρωποι δεν γυρίζουν ούτε να τον κοιτάξουν. Ἀλλοι τον διαολοστέλνουν όπου τον συναντήσουν και αυτός σαν μαϊμού χασκογελάει σαν και εκείνο το πρωτοπιθηκοειδές στις μέρες που καιγόταν το Μάτι.
Τα σποτάκια έναρξης των πυρκαγιών με λέηζερ και στο Μάτι και στην Αυστραλία έχουν την ίδια διάταξη. Φαίνεται να καθρεφτίζουν και να καταγράφουν την πτήση ενός οχήματος στον ουρανό.
Και να σκεφτεί κανείς ότι η ΠΗΓΗ αυτού του δημοσιεύματος (news.com.au receives about 2,445,038 unique visitors) έχει σχεδόν 2,5 εκατομμύρια αναγνώστες ημερησίως με βάση την Hypestat. Δεν μιλάμε δηλαδή γιά παραμάγαζο πληροφόρησης.
" Κάπου όμως επιστρέφουν για ανεφοδισμό δεν είναι;"
Στην Αμερική έχουν σαν βάση ανεφοδιασμού την έρημο Μοχάβε στην Καλιφόρνια. Όταν έκαψαν την Καλιφόρνια..εκεί γύρισαν μετά.
Όμως όπως συνετρίβει το SpaceShipTwo της Virgin Galactic , έτσι θα πάθουν "κάτι" και τα άλλα.
" Δεν μιλάμε δηλαδή γιά παραμάγαζο πληροφόρησης."
Φυσικά και ΔΕΝ είναι κανένα παραμάγαζο πληροφόρησης....ξέρεις πόσα σάιτ και υποτίθεται "έγκυρα" Μ.Μ.Ε στην Ελλάδα θα ήθελαν να έχουν 2,5 εκατομμύρια αναγνώστες ημερησίως;; Σχεδόν όλοι...πλην του Ζευς Ελαύνοντος.
Σε παρακαλώ κ. Λύκαστρε ...διαστημικό τουρισμό και Ιδιωτικά διαστημικά ταξίδια (space tourism and personal space travel) κάνει ο εντιμώτατος "Sir"
Άκου "Ιδιωτικά διαστημικά ταξίδια"
Τέτοιο ήταν και εκείνο πάνω από το ΜΑΤΙ;
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