NEW YORK — A person has self-immolated outside the Manhattan courthouse where former President Trump’s first criminal trial is ongoing, police confirmed to The Hill. The incident, which occurred in…
  • robinn_IV [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
    4·
    7 months ago

    It was unclear what motivated his action, but he threw leaflets espousing anti-government conspiracy theories into the air before the incident.

    What anti-govt. conspiracy theories?

    • blusterydayve26English
      1·
      7 months ago

      The kind the anti government wants you to believe that people believe exist, of course.

    • Icalasari@fedia.io
      1·
      7 months ago

      Well, his mantra starts with cryptocurrency being designed as an economic nuke in the form of a ponzi scheme and it kind of devolves from there. He sorta brushes with reality a couple times (e.g. that politics is captured by the rich) but it’s more out of sheer coincidence than any real points made

      • HubertManne@kbin.social
        2·
        6 months ago

        cheezus. I hate most cyptocurrency implementations but no ones forcing anyone to interact with that stuff.