I was born a Globalist just like Mormons and Jews are born into their religious worldviews. All I have is weakening faith in our institutions and in our prophets like Albert Einstein and Neil deGrasse Tyson.
Help me see a new path.
Edit: Graph made it clear my original post came off confrontational so I've changed it.
Flat Earth is a planted conspiracy posted in conspiracy forums by glowies in order to make those forums look ridiculous.
The moon landing was a planted conspiracy posted on public media by glowies in order to make those people believe anything they see on TV and ignore the war crimes in Vietnam.
The best way to remove God from peoples lives is to tell them they are a little worthless speck on a spinning ball that is flying through infinite emptiness all created by a random big bang...
With the moon landing being fake, as well as many other conspiracy theories, there are two key components that make it plausible: the number of people in on the secret, and the stakes. The more people know about a secret, the less likely it is to be kept a secret. At the same time, what is the point of keeping a secret if there are no consequences for it getting out?
Moon Landing -the secret would need to be kept by a few people: Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, the set builders, and the rocket crew. Not even the broadcasting company needs to be in on it. All in all, maybe 1000 people. This could be feasibly managed if the organizers were extremely good.
-the stakes for it being discovered to be fake relatively high. It would have eroded trust in the government and nasa, as well as embolded the ussr. It also would beg the question: where is the nasa money being laundered to?
Flat Earth -There are literally hundreds of millions of people for which the earth being round is something they have to deal with professionally on a daily basis. Pilots fly routes that look curved on a flat map because those routes are shorter when traveling across a sphere. Long range shooters have to adjust for the coriolis effect. Heck, I personally work remotely with people on the other side of the world, where my morning is their evening (not possible if the sun didn't revolve around a spherical earth.) In order for the secret to be kept, those hundreds of millions of people would need to be in on it, including myself. There is no way such a secret could be feasibly kept with the communications tech we have access to today.
-What are the stakes if the earth were discovered to be flat? Maybe some eroded trust in the media, and maybe a small handful of devout religious people get demoralized for a second. Knowing religious people, flat earth wouldn't be enough for them to break religion. There's plenty of much more feasible methods of removing god from people's lives.
Basically, the cost to keep the secret is not worth the stakes at play.
Two questions to ask;
Why are bubbles round and not flat?
What compels flat earthers, who have zero formal education, think they are smarter than NASA space engineers?
Flat earthers and moon deniers are fucking retarded morons.
Neither are conspiracies I subscribe to, but one can be forgiven for being convinced the moon landing was fake.
Flat earth is a batshit insane and pointless conspiracy that anyone who has ever traveled should be able to instantly dismiss. I refuse to believe it has any real following.