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Why conspiracy theories are getting more absurd and harder to refute
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 1035" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://www.vox.com/2019/4/11/18291061/conspiracy-theories-trump-qanon-pizzagate-nancy-rosenblum" target="_blank"><strong>Why conspiracy theories are getting more absurd and harder to refute - Vox</strong></a></p><p></p><p><strong>“Democracy requires a minimum amount of mutual trust among citizens, and conspiracism destroys it.”</strong></p><p></p><p>Are we living in a golden age of conspiracy theories?</p><p></p><p>That’s the argument Harvard politics professor Nancy L. Rosenblum makes in her new book, <a href="https://go.redirectingat.com?id=66960X1516588&xs=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FLot-People-Are-Saying-Conspiracism-ebook%2Fdp%2FB07JJY6R5H%3FSubscriptionId%3DAKIAIXFKFJI6IH6DO5KQ%26amp%3Btag%3Dkirkus-20%26amp%3BlinkCode%3Dxm2%26amp%3Bcamp%3D2025%26amp%3Bcreative%3D165953%26amp%3BcreativeASIN%3DB07JJY6R5H" target="_blank"><em>A Lot of People Are Saying</em></a><em>. </em>And it’s not merely that conspiracy theories are thriving — they’re also getting more absurd, less substantive, and harder to refute.</p><p></p><p>In fact, what we’re seeing now, according to Rosenblum and her co-author Russell Muirhead, is more “conspiracism” and less theory. Which is to say, the purpose of conspiracy theories is no longer to explain reality or offer some account of the world; instead, the point is to erode trust in public figures or institutions.</p><p></p><p>She points to the recent <a href="https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/12/5/13842258/pizzagate-comet-ping-pong-fake-news" target="_blank">Pizzagate</a> conspiracy as a perfect example. This was a fake news story alleging that Hillary Clinton and her former campaign chair, John Podesta, ran a child sex ring in the basement of a pizzeria in Washington, DC. It was totally fabricated, but it proliferated enough online that a man eventually showed up at the restaurant with an assault rifle and <a href="https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/12/5/13839178/comet-fake-news-pizzagate-gunman" target="_blank">fired at least one shot</a>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 1035, member: 1"] [URL='https://www.vox.com/2019/4/11/18291061/conspiracy-theories-trump-qanon-pizzagate-nancy-rosenblum'][B]Why conspiracy theories are getting more absurd and harder to refute - Vox[/B][/URL] [B]“Democracy requires a minimum amount of mutual trust among citizens, and conspiracism destroys it.”[/B] Are we living in a golden age of conspiracy theories? That’s the argument Harvard politics professor Nancy L. Rosenblum makes in her new book, [URL='https://go.redirectingat.com?id=66960X1516588&xs=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FLot-People-Are-Saying-Conspiracism-ebook%2Fdp%2FB07JJY6R5H%3FSubscriptionId%3DAKIAIXFKFJI6IH6DO5KQ%26amp%3Btag%3Dkirkus-20%26amp%3BlinkCode%3Dxm2%26amp%3Bcamp%3D2025%26amp%3Bcreative%3D165953%26amp%3BcreativeASIN%3DB07JJY6R5H'][I]A Lot of People Are Saying[/I][/URL][I]. [/I]And it’s not merely that conspiracy theories are thriving — they’re also getting more absurd, less substantive, and harder to refute. In fact, what we’re seeing now, according to Rosenblum and her co-author Russell Muirhead, is more “conspiracism” and less theory. Which is to say, the purpose of conspiracy theories is no longer to explain reality or offer some account of the world; instead, the point is to erode trust in public figures or institutions. She points to the recent [URL='https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/12/5/13842258/pizzagate-comet-ping-pong-fake-news']Pizzagate[/URL] conspiracy as a perfect example. This was a fake news story alleging that Hillary Clinton and her former campaign chair, John Podesta, ran a child sex ring in the basement of a pizzeria in Washington, DC. It was totally fabricated, but it proliferated enough online that a man eventually showed up at the restaurant with an assault rifle and [URL='https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/12/5/13839178/comet-fake-news-pizzagate-gunman']fired at least one shot[/URL]. [/QUOTE]
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