On The Early Life Wikipedia Section Noticers

When one spends some time in the microcosm that is the current Western online political right, it is impossible not to come into close contact with a very significant and numerous group of people: the so-called “Early Life” Wikipedia noticers. Or, in other words, people who believe that the decline of the West is caused by the Jews.

Now, this is a topic I have so far not been very active on, but I have actually thought about it quite a lot, and now the time has come to reveal my position. I won’t beat around the bush: I do not buy into this narrative. There are three main reasons I will outline in this text.

I believe that most conspiracy theories—and this belief is basically a conspiracy theory, in my opinion—are a form of reassurance for those who believe them. They offer solace in the idea that someone is running the show. That there are incredibly powerful elites in the background, pulling the strings, and the world moves according to their will.

Now, of course, there are many very powerful elites, and they are often hidden from public sight. No doubt about that. But I firmly believe that their actual ability to truly influence where the world is heading is very limited—at least on a macro scale. The world is a really, really complex and chaotic place. There is a never-ending whirlwind of mutually reacting factors, ranging from those partially influenced by human will—such as policies, economic decisions, and whatnot—to those that are not, such as weather and climate, plus a big dose of good ol’ coincidence.

Even the social factors that are shaped by human will are incredibly complex and hard to navigate, since every single person operates on multiple levels of motivation. Some might be rational and can be understood when analyzing politics—for example, it is in the national interest of state A to do XYZ for economic reasons. But many motivations are purely personal or even subconscious, and no one can really dissect them from the outside. For example, politician A might pursue a certain policy mostly because he wants to damage politician B, purely because he really, really dislikes him on a personal level. All of these microprocesses happening across millions and billions of people every day influence where society is heading.