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Category Archives: Conspiracy
Darren Beattie and the Turn of Trumpism
Darren Jeffrey Beattie (b. August 1985) is an American political theorist, writer, media entrepreneur, and government official. His career traces the passage of Trump-era conservatism from a posture that sought acceptance inside established institutions to one that set out to … Continue reading
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Decoding Q-Anon
ChatGPT says: To Alliance Theory, QAnon is not a belief system. It is an alliance-formation machine disguised as a conspiracy. QAnon emerged to solve a coordination problem inside a fragmented populist right. Large numbers of people distrusted institutions but lacked … Continue reading
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Ben Shapiro Stands Up For His Principles In The Face Of Evil Tucker
On Monday, Ben Shapiro said: “The issue here isn’t that Tucker Carlson had Nick Fuentes on his show. He has every right to do that, of course. The issue here is that Tucker Carlson decided to normalize and fluff Nick … Continue reading
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Conspiracies & Hero Systems
When your hero system is far removed from those who hold power, you’re going to look like you believe in crazy conspiracies. Rony Guldmann writes in his work-in-progress Conservative Claims Of Cultural Oppression: * The conservative magazine Chronicles explains: Once … Continue reading
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The Strange Death Of Danny Casolaro
Ron Rosenbaum wrote for Vanity Fair in 1991: I believe that, in a sense, Danny was correct when he worried he might have been “targeted” with a “slow-acting brain virus.” Not exactly the organic virus he worried about, not Mad … Continue reading
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What Distinguishes Winners From Losers?
Around 2015, my therapist said to me, “I wonder if you are so radical in your politics because you are so passive in your life.” It was a great point. Since then, I’ve noticed that as I become more successful, … Continue reading
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Dennis Prager Falls Into The Conspiracy Rabbit Hole
On the June 19, 2023 Dennis and Julie Youtube show, Dennis said: “For the first time in my life, I strongly entertain doubts that Lee Harvey Oswald was the only shooter of John F. Kennedy. Now I’m not sure there … Continue reading
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David Samuels Interview RFK Jr
David Samuels has terrible epistemics. He has no idea what is true. He provides no evidence for his assertions. He writes for Tabletmag: * In 2005, Kennedy wrote a blockbuster Rolling Stone magazine article titled “Deadly Immunity,” which presented compelling … Continue reading
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We manufacture meaning
When people don’t have much going for them, as Barack Obama said, they tend to cling to their guns and religion. Here is an important paper from Princeton in 2016: Meaning-making is a fundamental characteristic of thinking minds. Expose a … Continue reading
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What unites vaccine and election cranks? (8-10-21)
Mike Lindell’s con is winding down, https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/08/10/con-is-winding-down/ The pandemic productivity boom, https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/10/upshot/will-the-pandemic-productivity-boom-last.html See the Data on Breakthrough Covid Hospitalizations and Deaths by State, https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/08/10/us/covid-breakthrough-infections-vaccines.html New numbers from the CDC suggest fully vaccinated people remain protected against hospitalization and death, https://www.deseret.com/coronavirus/2021/8/10/22618163/covid-deaths-vaccinated-data-how-many-die … Continue reading
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