- What makes people believe conspiracy theories? - 

 

I recently saw a really funny conspiracy theory on YouTube. Apparently recently this particular theory is really popular on TikTok. The idea is that if you look at old buildings, there are more impressive than modern buildings, so perhaps past civilisations were actually more advanced than we are currently, and we are just standing in their ruins. 

Why do people believe this though? What leads people to believe conspiracy theories? 

 

- What is nationality? - 

 

Recently in the UK, there has been a debate on whether foreign people can be English. We are not talking about being British, as that is just a word of the group of people who live on the British isles. But for example, is Rishi Sunak English? Many people say yes, and many people say no.

So what is nationality? Is it just the passport you have? If I have a Japanese passport does that actually make me Japanese? Is it where you are born? Where you are raised? Where your parents are from? Grandparents? Ancestors? How far back? Is it about culture? About DNA/genetics? And why do left leaning people say a brown or black person can be English, but the right don't? 

 

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