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Two that come to mind immediately: Jewish blood libel, and conspiracy theories about Christians that led to Roman persecution.
by jml7c5 5y ago
Two that come to mind immediately: Jewish blood libel, and conspiracy theories about Christians that led to Roman persecution.
- a_conservative 5y agowouldn't the target of the conspiracy theory have to be in power somehow? What differentiates between false beliefs and a conspiracy theory?
- jml7c5 5y agoConspiracy theories are a subset of false beliefs. (Well, except where there actually is a real conspiracy.) The target need not have actual power - as long as the belief involves some form of "people are colluding secretly" (aka "conspiring"), it's a conspiracy theory.