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« on: August 30, 2018, 07:48:51 PM »

Most of the listed conspiracy theories are of the sort common among the right, alt-right, and "Libertarians". The are people prone to delusions that cater to the ideas like "we're the only ones who know the real truth", or "we're special and we'd be on top of the world if it wasn't for them". Democrats don't trend towards that particular sort of delusion and irrationality. This isn't isn't to say they're perfect or always rational, just that anyone drawn to the sort of thinking that lets them believe in right-wing conspiracy theories probably isn't going to be a Democrat to begin with. (Although I'm certain there are exceptions.)

Conspiracy theories among Democrats would tend to be more of the sort that build on things they already believe to be true, just more extreme. Stuff like:
  • The government is covering up even more atrocities than the ones we know about.
  • That Trump is even stupider/more incompetent/more corrupt/more criminal than we actually have evidence for. (I mean, okay, he probably is, but for example the claim that he would have done better investing his money in the stock market isn't really true in any objective sense. The Pee Tape - and yes, I'm a Peeliever - is also a conspiracy theory.)
  • That the Bush Administration and the military-industrial complex let 9/11 happen in order to justify wars of choice and military spending.
  • Alternative health treatments really work, but the evidence is being covered up by the medical industrial complex.
  • The ultra-wealthy are all part of some conspiracy. (Even though just individually acting in their own interests would produce the same sort of results...)
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