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I want to know what percentage of people overlap between anti-vaxxers, flat-earthers and climate deniers. Are they largely the same group or do we actually have

I want to know what percentage of people overlap between anti-vaxxers, flat-earthers and climate deniers. Are they largely the same group or do we actually have disparate groups that think science is somehow just another religion?

jacquesm 5y ago
Yes, I think you are right that there is significant overlap between 'extreme right' 'anti vaxx' 'climate denial' and quite possibly 'white power' and the modern version of Christianity as well, it would be nice to see some hard proof or a refutation of this.
- redisman 5y ago
  Not just modern Christianity. It had a “softer” phase for the last hundred or so years but it’s been a authoritarian and power hungry organization for over a thousand years.
  - iammisc 5y ago
    all philosophies are authoritarian and power-hungry. It's not like the libertarians and anarchists just sit by passively and wait.
- CalRobert 5y ago
  I went to an evangelical high school ca. 2000 and most students thought it was fine to destroy the planet since the rapture was coming anyway.
carabiner 5y ago
Related: https://www.reddit.com/r/SubredditDrama/comments/oeomvu/antivaxxers_clash_with_flat_earthers_in/ https://www.reddit.com/r/SubredditDrama/comments/oeomvu/anti...
swader999 5y ago
Practically no one is a flat earther. Anti-vaxxers - maybe 2% of population. Again, not significant. Anti-mRNA - higher, maybe 20% with a portion of those just waiting to see. Climate deniers - Depends how you define them. I've been called that but my position is that it is happening, some of it is attributable to human activity, but it is not happening at a rate that we won't be able to adapt to.
iammisc 5y ago
Well, speaking as someone who used to live in Marin county, which was the county with some of the highest non-vaccination rates in the country when I was there in 2018, I think they're different. Marin was super anti-vax, but every other thing was about reducing our carbon footprint, and anti-consumption was a common sentiment. Of course it was also one of the bluest counties in the country.

jacquesm 5y ago

Yes, I think you are right that there is significant overlap between 'extreme right' 'anti vaxx' 'climate denial' and quite possibly 'white power' and the modern version of Christianity as well, it would be nice to see some hard proof or a refutation of this.

redisman 5y ago
Not just modern Christianity. It had a “softer” phase for the last hundred or so years but it’s been a authoritarian and power hungry organization for over a thousand years.
- iammisc 5y ago
  all philosophies are authoritarian and power-hungry. It's not like the libertarians and anarchists just sit by passively and wait.
CalRobert 5y ago
I went to an evangelical high school ca. 2000 and most students thought it was fine to destroy the planet since the rapture was coming anyway.

carabiner 5y ago

Related: https://www.reddit.com/r/SubredditDrama/comments/oeomvu/antivaxxers_clash_with_flat_earthers_in/ https://www.reddit.com/r/SubredditDrama/comments/oeomvu/anti...

swader999 5y ago

Practically no one is a flat earther. Anti-vaxxers - maybe 2% of population. Again, not significant. Anti-mRNA - higher, maybe 20% with a portion of those just waiting to see. Climate deniers - Depends how you define them. I've been called that but my position is that it is happening, some of it is attributable to human activity, but it is not happening at a rate that we won't be able to adapt to.

iammisc 5y ago

Well, speaking as someone who used to live in Marin county, which was the county with some of the highest non-vaccination rates in the country when I was there in 2018, I think they're different. Marin was super anti-vax, but every other thing was about reducing our carbon footprint, and anti-consumption was a common sentiment. Of course it was also one of the bluest counties in the country.