213. Mike Rothschild — The Storm Is Upon Us: How QAnon Became a Movement, Cult, and Conspiracy Theory of Everything
The Michael Shermer Show
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Social Media and the Nine 11 Truth Movement
i think social media allowed this to fester for years. Even when it became clear that cuanon was not just some cranks on a message board, this was a violent prophecy cult that was committing crimes, the social media companies didn't do anything. I don't want they need to be regulated anyway. Cause they're going to hate you anyway. Never mind that it's not seen in censorship and against the first amendment. We've always been conspiratorial. That's how we've evolved. But what social media has done is make them more accessible. It takes virtually no work to be a conspiracy theorist. And wo was worse before january sixth. Tha. Lot of that
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