@SteveStuWill Interesting! But some conspiracies may be more real than others, and we don't know for sure which. @nikolayvmarinov and I have an article abt the consequences of state capture (i.e. a real conspiracy) to democracy + conspiratorial thinking am
In this article, we show that when corruption is the main issue, conspiracy theories thrive. Voters who know about real conspiracies exposed in political corruption investigations start embracing other, baseless conspiracies. Democracy suffers again. 3/ ht
RT @nikolayvmarinov: How the hybrid war of information erodes alliances in Eastern Europe: multiple conspiratorial narratives dilute the tr…
Another good one: "conspiracy theories enable the state capture camp to divide the reformist opposition and maintain their grip, while simultaneously claiming that they are governing competently and in line with [national] values. https://t.co/FzlW0tQjAp