Wild Conspiracy Theories Ahead of the Total Solar Eclipse

JAKARTA – The total solar eclipse that will take place today, Monday (8/4/2024), has sparked a lot of conspiracy theories on social media in the last week. Anything?

Right-wing conspiracy theories argue that the eclipse will be used by “elite groups” to manipulate society, influence the US Presidential election, and many other things.

According to a Wired report, the total solar eclipse on April 8 has become a golden moment for conspiracy theorists.

Social media channels, Telegram groups and conspiracy theory forums are filled with wild accusations about what will happen when the moon blocks the sun.

This rare astronomical event is an opportunity for conspiracy theory fans to give vent to their wildest fantasies. Starting from the apocalypse, the distribution of poisonous balloons, secret rituals, to the implementation of martial law to start a “new world order”.

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The far-right and extremists, in particular, used the total solar eclipse to push their belief that “elites” would use the event as cover to impose new controls on society.

This theory has been promoted by a number of figures such as former US national security adviser Michael Flynn.

Indeed, the US authorities themselves have issued warnings about the possibility of unusual things happening during the eclipse. One of them is loss of cell phone signal and power outages.

Several cities have also declared states of emergency. In fact, National Guard troops were alerted.

Things like this are increasingly convincing to conspiracy theorists. In fact, logically the focus of these preparations is to anticipate the influx of tourists who will gather on April 8 2024.

Many conspiracy theories also focus on a coincidental event that occurred on April 8, which adds to the impression that something big is about to happen.
One of the viral conspiracy theories is CERN’s plan to turn on the Large Hadron Collider for the first time in two years.