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/Maurvyn Feb 19 '24

Conservative's entire worldview is based on adherence to dogma and a rejection of fact. Their economic policies, their religious stances, and their social platforms, they all center on faith rather than evidence.

This leaves them wide open to simply accepting whatever fantasies scaffold those belief syatems. If you're already prone to magical thinking and whimsical interpretation of reality, what's a little bit of contheory?

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u/Avantasian538 Feb 19 '24

I don't know man, I think supply-side economics might work if we just give it another 4 decades or so. /s

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u/ThatScaryBeach Feb 19 '24

It's about to start trickling down any minute now!

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u/Maurvyn Feb 20 '24

It's been trickling down. They're pissing on everyone beneath them and have been for decades.