THE CONSPIRASPHERE

DEAD PEOPLE’S TALES

The death of John McAfee – malware pioneer, maverick exponent of cryptocurrencies, outspoken blower of the Deep State whistle – caused a chain of eruptions in the conspiracist magma. McAfee had long hinted that elements of the Deep State were out to get him (in his own memorable phrasing of it, in 2019, they were sending him subtle messages that, decoded, read, “We’re going to kill yourself”) and his death, apparently by suicide, in a Catalonian prison, has confirmed his suspicions for many in and outside the Conspirasphere.

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