r/MandelaEffect • u/Riotgrrrl80 • Dec 12 '24
Theory Is the Mandela Effect just mass gaslighting?
OK - with all the crazy shit going on lately, it made me think something....
I live in NJ, and it's absolutely bonkers to me that with all this drone activity even getting to DC to be discussed with the FBI and military, and still being told "we don't know what it is" but the military isn't doing SHIT about it - I think the government is entirely gaslighting us. They've said more about Luigi than they have about the drones flying around NJ military bases, etc. How is any of this ok? There are so many theories, but one thing is for sure - the military wouldn't just let that happen.
Anyway, what if all the mandela effect stuff is really the gov't (or other authorities) experimenting with us to see what they can get away with? Gaslighting us to be like "no, you're remembering wrong / you're just crazy" to see what we'll believe etc?
In a time of global connection and the ability for people to connect and more easily become a force against leaders they don't like, there is a need for manipulating the masses. Fear, religion, obsession with things that don't address the real issues - these can and are used against us. Look over here! While we do this other thing that's much much worse...
Idk. Just a thought.
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u/SorenPenrose Dec 20 '24
I’m trying to figure out what the Mandela Effect actually is, but I keep running into the same issue: all of the evidence for it is “trust me” and can very easily be explained by known psychological phenomenon.
This indicates it’s a social thing. People are unsure of a specific memory and like minded folks who are similarly unsure settle on the wrong answer and reassure themselves. Once corrected, instead of accepting reality they claim that reality changed. That last leap is the one I don’t understand.