There is no evidence right now that conspiracy beliefs are increasing. I think instead, what we're having is that these ideas are coming to the forefront of our politics. Donald Trump has brought with him a group of people who have this strong conspiracy worldview. And he's engaging with them quite a bit. So it's their conspiracy politics that are sort of running the country right now.
Over the last few years, this show has devoted many shows to the psychology behind what we saw in the Capitol in January 2021. So, in this episode, we re-listen to three interviews on conspiratorial thinking to gain some perspective.
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