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from the article: "Conspiracy theories (CTs) are narratives that attempt to explain significant social events as being secretly plotted by powerful and malicio
by sharemywin 5y ago
from the article:
"Conspiracy theories (CTs) are narratives that attempt to explain significant social events as being secretly plotted by powerful and malicious elites at the expense of an unwitting population (Douglas et al., 2019; Samory & Mitra, 2018b)."
- sharemywin 5y agousing that definition aren't there a lot of conspiracy theories that are true? cigarettes were said not to be dangerous for years after the corporations knew. global warming for years wasn't real. the opioid epidemic The idea that a large corporation could influence government agencies, politicians and news outlets doesn't seem out of the realm of possibility. That they would withhold information that's harmful to their bottom-line and their customers has happened a lot in the past as well. does that make every CS true of course not. Just not sure how to tell which ones are which when you know most forms of authority have been compromised in the past.