Because its pleasurable to believe in “secret knowledge”, that you are in the knowing group, and everyone else is the “out group”.

GME, and its associated cult.

Christians and Zionists.

Qanon.

Its all basically the same at its roots, which is that humans take pleasure in a good story, and rather than believe what we think is most likely, we more often choose to believe that which makes us feel special.

Headline doesn’t read like an AI copy. Nosireebob.

Qanon has contingencies that believe both JFK, Jr. and his father are still alive, so this shouldn’t really be surprising to people that it happens in Russia as much as it happens in the U.S.