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*UNLOCKED* Intelligence Briefing: Right Wing Conspiracies

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What Is the Kernel of Truth?

CNN's Richard Quest explores the psychology of conspiracy theories. He says there is a "tiny kernel of truth" that can be grasped by some people. But then it gets flung into crazy conspiratorial thinking, and becomes an inroad for someone like ashley babbitt to explain her business under predatory capitalism.Quest: If you look at somebody like ashley Babbitt, who was a military veteran, got swept up in these cuanon theories because she was a victim of financialized capitalism. She could step with a left wing materialist analysis, he asks.

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