Is the Outside World Really Out to Get You?

CNN's John Sutter looks at the psychology behind some of these conspiracy theories. He says it starts with a distrust of authority, and that we think everybody is trying to get one over on us. It also has culti aspects, you trust us, don't trust the outside world, he writes. "Thats what makes it so virulent, so difficult to get people out of"

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