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I would argue this is the opposite of true. Most conspiracy theorists believe in many conspiracies. Many of them suffer from paranoia and distrust, and tend to
by spywaregorilla 5y ago
I would argue this is the opposite of true. Most conspiracy theorists believe in many conspiracies. Many of them suffer from paranoia and distrust, and tend to find comfort in conspiracy theories that validate the general sense that people are trying to mislead them, more than the general content of the idea itself. Many (most?) people don't think critically and evaluate ideas, they just evaluate their level of trust with the source and form opinions based on that.
I expect we'll see lots more of Qanon adjacents in america, especially as rural america continues to become less and less important to the global economy.
- gogithefish 5y ago"they just evaluate their level of trust with the source" — No. They evaluate it but how well it fits with their preconception and other ideas they already hold EVEN if it comes from a completely unknown source. Memes are usually part of a "memeplex" and reinforce one another. And the most powerful memes also undermine competing memes at the same time. (for example, the "don't trust the MSM" meme works well with "the election was rigged" meme.
- spywaregorilla 5y agosemantics really. If we need to twist this that its about saying "entity you distrust" is hiding something, that's not all that dissimilar. imo the concept of memes here is distracting and irrelevant.
- boredumb 5y ago"especially as rural america continues to become less and less important to the global economy" Yeah it should come to no surprise that when people are forced into a globalized system that they don't find representation, comfort or belonging in, that they will become fervently against 'globalists' and 'globalism' and find that the people who are supporting and pushing for it are not doing it from a good place but out of evil to punish them. Also the rhetoric towards those people is antagonistic and feeds their perception of the perpetrators.
- spywaregorilla 5y agoTrue; but simultaneously, globalism is barely a choice. International economic competition is real and unavoidable. Leaders who rile people in rural areas up by claiming otherwise and pretending they will be able to help them without adapting are just lying.
- darkarmani 5y ago> people are forced into a globalized system I don't understand this framing. How are people forced?