Im in my bedroom on january 6th watching thousands of people at the United States capitol on the day that the president ial election was supposed to be certified. Like most of us, last winter i watched live as people stormed the United States capitol. Fueled by the baseless claim that the election was stolen. Make no mistake, this election was stolen from you, from me. Stop the steal stop the steal this is the consequence of Conspiracy Theories rung amok. Accusations of lies, treason, even pedophilia flew from all directions. It begs the question, how did we end up here . Americans have always been fascinated with alternate versions of the truth. The clues were all there, actually, that it had the potential to get as huge as its become. But in the last decade, Conspiracy Thinking has gone mainstream, and it may not be entirely our fault. If youre a democrat and im a republican, the algorithm is incentivized to push us apart. Tonight were taking a closer look at a system thats designed
i m in my bedroom on january 6th watching thousands of people at the united states capitol on the day that the presidential election was supposed to be certified. like most of us, last winter i watched live as people stormed the united states capitol. fueled by the baseless claim that the election was stolen. make no mistake, this election was stolen from you, from me. stop the steal! stop the steal! this is the consequence of conspiracy theories rung amok. accusations of lies, treason, even pedophilia flew from all directions. it begs the question, how did we end up here? americans have always been fascinated with alternate versions of the truth. the clues were all there, actually, that it had the potential to get as huge as it s become. but in the last decade, conspiracy thinking has gone mainstream, and it may not be entirely our fault. if you re a democrat and i m a republican, the algorithm is incentivized to push us apart. tonight we re taking a closer
i must try to sneak in and find out if it s true. we re going to go blow the party for em and get the information out to people. and then i remembered that guy alex jones. so i called him up and i said, thinking about sneaking into bohemian grove, do you want to come? and you re not going to do anything stupid this weekend? i m completely nonviolent when it comes to just going out there and trying to get the information. that s what i m trying to do. and what did you see when you got there? oh, well, i mean, the whole thing was amazing. we watched this ceremony which alex managed to film from the camera in his bag. the owl is in his leafy temple. let all within the grove be reverent before him. the footage was shaky and dark but captured what was clearly a ritual. they pick up the human effigy and throw it in the bonfire. bring fire! and they all play when the saints go marching in. and then this big fireworks display. it turned out what jon and alex jones witn