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"Banks Manipulate Economy" is equivalent to "Dems infected Trump with Covid?" Let me stop your silly study right there.

• parineum 4y ago
  Actually, according to the chart, the inverse theory is "Trump faked COVID" Most of the widely believed conspiracies on the left are to do with Trump being a Russian agent. Probably because a presidential candidate couldn't accept the results of an election and resorted to conspiracy theory to question the validity of the election.
  • sieabahlpark 4y ago
  • jrm4 4y ago
    I'm not talking about the exact inverse point, I'm just suggesting that their lines around "what is" or "what isn't" a conspiracy theory are so loose as to likely be useless.
    • parineum 4y ago
      Even if that is your point, you still chose one of maybe 3 conspiracies that I'd judge to not really fit. I guess it just so happens that you've chosen to highlight a bad example of a conspiracy from the left side and a good example from the right side in an effort to dispute a study that shows both are similarly susceptible. Ironically, you're comment is useless due to the conspiracies you've chosen to highlight. There are plenty of left/right examples that _are_ completely valid. Just ignore the ones you don't think are legitimate and I think you'll still have plenty on the left and the right.
      • jrm4 4y ago
        I meant the opposite. I think between both imprecise definitions of left and right and even MORE imprecise definitions of "conspiracy theory," this study is completely useless.