Why So Many People Believe Conspiracy Theories - TIME
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This article outlines the primary and contributing reasons to why there are countless, obscure or immensely popular, conspiracy theories in the world. Conspiracy theories are commonly knitted in the event that a people have lost something such as an election, money, or influence and they search for an explanation for losing such. Also are they created within the desire to be special or different, which contributes to why even in the face of quantitative evidence against the theory, supporters of said theory continue to cling to their belief. Many other characteristics, politics, and environments make up the fabrications of conspiracy theories and what stories they tell.
This article certainly makes a point of showing how influential fluctuating politics play in what complicated explanations people create, but did very well in articulating what I think that I could already make of those who either don't believe in what is widely acknowledged or elaborately try to make sense of that too. Conspiracy theories are emotional markers that people use to cope with things that may or may not have been in their control. The most important quotation from the article for me was what was said by Joseph Parent, a political science professor at Notre Dame University and co-author of the book American Conspiracy Theories, "...Conspiracy theories can be like emotional poultices...You don't want to blame yourself for things you may lack, so you blame anonymous forces instead." This article relates to life in America on the brink of revolution where everyone was extremely skeptical of royal figures and power hands which was key to rallying volunteers to take up arms against the crown and the immediate antagonisms which were made up against any move made by Parliament unto the colonies.
https://apple.news/A-QhzI0y2Q5eHspPZafeJFA
This article outlines the primary and contributing reasons to why there are countless, obscure or immensely popular, conspiracy theories in the world. Conspiracy theories are commonly knitted in the event that a people have lost something such as an election, money, or influence and they search for an explanation for losing such. Also are they created within the desire to be special or different, which contributes to why even in the face of quantitative evidence against the theory, supporters of said theory continue to cling to their belief. Many other characteristics, politics, and environments make up the fabrications of conspiracy theories and what stories they tell.
This article certainly makes a point of showing how influential fluctuating politics play in what complicated explanations people create, but did very well in articulating what I think that I could already make of those who either don't believe in what is widely acknowledged or elaborately try to make sense of that too. Conspiracy theories are emotional markers that people use to cope with things that may or may not have been in their control. The most important quotation from the article for me was what was said by Joseph Parent, a political science professor at Notre Dame University and co-author of the book American Conspiracy Theories, "...Conspiracy theories can be like emotional poultices...You don't want to blame yourself for things you may lack, so you blame anonymous forces instead." This article relates to life in America on the brink of revolution where everyone was extremely skeptical of royal figures and power hands which was key to rallying volunteers to take up arms against the crown and the immediate antagonisms which were made up against any move made by Parliament unto the colonies.
This is really interesting, I never thought about the psychological factors of the conspiracy trend.
ReplyDeleteI agree. I never would have thought to current event this that is very interesting.
DeleteIt makes a lot of sense that politics influence conspiracy theories, but at the end of the day, we have to step back and realize that people are just making these things up instead of believing them just because they're on the internet.
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ReplyDeleteConspiracy theories have always been a big belief "shaker". This made so much sense in that people put their beliefs into something fake when they have nothing else to believe in.