…and 15% Think the Government Controls Minds with TV
“Do you believe that shape-shifting reptilian people control our world by taking on human form and gaining political power to manipulate our societies, or not?”
This was one of the 20 questions in a survey conducted by the American firm Public Policy Polling (PPP) and released yesterday
The Atlantic Monthly has gone to great effort to organize the questions from most to least believed (JFK ranked highest at 51 per cent; the Bush administration intentionally misleading the public into war with Iraq came in second at 44 per cent).
But back to the lizard people. It seems 4 per cent of respondents think reptile hybrids run the world. As the Atlantic Monthly points out, that translates to more than 12.5-million Americans.
Study the findings for long enough (because it’s a slow news day) and you can draw your own macro theories – or at least find some cold comfort. For instance, it’s unlikely that the people who believe in lizard leaders also believe that Obama is the anti-Christ.
Conspiracy Chart |
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JFK was killed by conspiracy |
51 percent |
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Bush intentionally misled on Iraq WMDs |
44 percent |
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Global warming is a hoax |
37 percent |
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Aliens exist |
29 percent |
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New World Order |
28 percent |
87895931 |
Hussein was involved in 9/11 |
28 percent |
87895931 |
A UFO crashed at Roswell |
21 percent |
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Vaccines are linked to autism |
20 percent |
62782808 |
The government controls minds with TV |
15 percent |
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Medical industry invents diseases |
15 percent |
47087106 |
CIA developed crack |
14 percent |
43947966 |
Bigfoot exists |
14 percent |
43947966 |
Obama is the Antichrist |
13 percent |
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The government allowed 9/11 |
11 percent |
34530544 |
Fluoride is dangerous |
9 percent |
28252264 |
The moon landing was faked |
7 percent |
21973983 |
Bin Laden is alive |
6 percent |
18834842 |
Airplane contrails are sinister chemicals |
5 percent |
15695702 |
McCartney died in 1966 |
5 percent |
15695702 |
Lizard people control politics |
4 percent |
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