160: Empire of Lies (w/Sofia Cherici & Jan Zabka)
Conspirituality
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The Rise of QAnon and Conspiracy in the West
The 2023 conspiracist trend of taking a victory lap as if all of their pandemic era misinformation and disinformation has turned out to be true is now turning increasingly toward dark public fantasies of vengeance. The appetite for new scapegoats becomes insatiable which may be one saving grace given how stateside unhinged and self-serving maga types will at times turn on one another quite viciously. As I'm recording this, you probably know that vaccine scientist Peter Hotez is being bullied online by the richest man in the world and current owner of Twitter Elon Musk. Even Bobby Kennedy calling for Anthony Fauci to be punished for his supposed crimes. There should be an investigation he says
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