Article created by: Gabija Palšytė
They say it’s important to question everything. This urges people to challenge established notions, norms, and beliefs, which ingrains a healthy skepticism in us. It also improves our intelligence and drives innovation in society.
Recently, people in this thread were doing exactly that—discussing things that might not be what the general public is used to believing. From recycling being a myth to inaccurate rich lists, scroll down to find netizens’ opinions on the world's biggest secrets.
While you're at it, don't forget to check out a conversation with Stephanie Kemmerer, a former conspiracy theorist and an advocate for recovery from conspiracy theories and cults, who kindly agreed to tell us more about what happens when people reject certain truths.
How much recycling is actually just thrown away.
The unfathomable amount of wealth that is off the books and hidden by the wealthy and/or dictators.
That we are currently eyebrows deep in a mass extinction event, and we should be much more concerned than we currently are. it's not anywhere on the news. insects are dying off at an alarming rate. so is sea life, and other life that depend on it. are you seeing less squirrels? what about lady bugs or dragon flies? i can't remember the last time I saw either of those. Butterflies... almost non existent in my area but i used to see them all the time growing up. crows... they used to be annoyingly everywhere, not as much any more. no one is mentioning how things we used to see all the time are slowly disappearing.
How much the US relies on prison labor and how our for profit prison system synergizes with giant cartels.
How much punishment is designed to encourage repeat offending on purpose. Just a few minor offenses can lead to becoming jobless, then homeless, etc.
How horrifying our justice system is.
Personal finance. Why are high school kids forced to take three years of math and chemistry but don't understand how a loan works?
Criminality by the wealthy. It’s massive.
What absolute disarray the public school system is in. Unless you work in a school, you cannot even fathom how horrible it is. From insane behaviors to kids receiving diplomas and only being able to read at a first grade level, it is beyond broken.
Acts of terror they catch, before completion.
The amount of radiation and pollution that all governments are collectively allowing corporations to create. There's a reason cancer and other diseases have been on the rise for 70 years. Plastics, oil, carbon monoxide, things we know about, and things we don't know about.
There were some pretty horrific crimes not being told to the public when I was police. It wasn't really in the public interest for anyone to know outside of law enforcement and the judicial system etc.
Some were either so indiscriminate and terrible and some would just cause too much panic.
Most information regarding the urgency towards climate change.
The state of our aquifers, specifically how polluted they are.
The history hidden away in the Vatican archive. St. Peter's goes back to when the Romans had control of the city. I'd be most interested to see what information survived from Rome and Old St. Peter's before the current 1500's incarnation was built.
The reason a bunch of billionaires around the world started making doomsday bunkers all around the same time.
That to me seems like no coincidence and people who are that rich are definitely in inner circles of people that would know when something is coming and I feel is the reason these people started making these luxurious bunkers.
Military technology at the top level is definitely several decades ahead of what we’re even aware exists. All the technologies and sciences that you can think “I wonder if the military will find a way to use that” are definitely either already in prototype stage, being actively developed, or are already in limited production.
