The Space Between Ignorance and Fear: Why MAGA Conspiracy Theories Flourish
There is a direct relationship between how well a person understands a system and how susceptible they are to conspiracy theories about that system.
The relationship is not a subtle one. It is nearly mechanical.
The less someone understands about how something works, the more likely they are to believe that something sinister is happening inside it.
The more blackbox the system is, the larger the conspiracy it can support.
This pattern holds across every major conspiracy theory in American political life.
It explains, with uncomfortable precision, why the MAGA movement has become the most…
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