COVID 19 And Other Conspiracies Theories Probed By John Oliver
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0b_eHBZLM6U
Alan: Given enough time, I could enumerate tens of thousands of discoveries and tens of thousands of events that have changed the world - in the view of most people, for the better.
But you cannot name a single conspiracy theory that has changed the world for the better.
This is because conspiracy theories are not designed to change the world, but rather to assuage conspiracists' fears and anxieties about the world.
John Oliver's 20 minute probe of conspiracism is enlightening.
(One can argue that Trump was elected due to the appeal of his foundational conspiracy theory that Obama was born in Kenya and was therefore ineligible for the U.S. presidency. Furthermore, it is pellucidly clear that right-wing politicians --- and right-wing politics (particularly those that depend on falsehood for political advancement) --- are the chief beneficiaries of conspiratorial thinking.)
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