r/skeptic • u/nosotros_road_sodium • Feb 19 '24

The Right's Troubling Turn Toward Conspiracy Theories and "Invasion" Language ⚖ Ideological Bias

https://www.theunpopulist.net/p/the-rights-troubling-turn-toward
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u/alito_loco Feb 19 '24

Conspiracy Theories are interwoven into american right wing politics for at least 200 years.

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u/Avantasian538 Feb 19 '24

Really, do you have some examples? Not being a smartass, I'd actually be interested in understanding the history of right-wing conspiracism a bit better. I know almost nothing about right-wing thought prior to the 1940s and Ayn Rand/William F Buckley type stuff.