Back during the Bush and Obama years, I remember hearing so many right-wing conspiracies about FEMA camps.
Why didn’t anyone ask “If FEMA has the ability to set up camps and transport large numbers of people, why aren’t they doing that every time there’s a big hurricane or wildfire?”
Yeah, this reminds me of a core conclusion in this article I read earlier today: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/10/hurricane-milton-conspiracies-misinformation/680221/?gift=LfMDGClsXPxuFi6NzzlsSmMf2SO62OLofWrLa23Hg1Y&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
Basically all of this isn’t about convincing people of anything new. It’s just information to reaffirm existing beliefs and prevent people from coming to terms with the fact they’ve gone down a rabbit hole of crazy.