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197 - Conspiratorial Thinking

You Are Not So Smart

CHAPTER

The Different Types of Conspiracy Theories

The structure of a conspiracy essentially divides the world into three kinds of people. The conspirators have amazing resources and can concoct these fabulously complicated plans. But at the same time, they're incredibly naive and stupid. And then there's the army of light, right, the people who can see the conspiracy for what it is that are trying to save the world from the evil conservatives. So that's the world according to the conspiracy theorist. They've seen the conspiracy and everyone else is too stupid to say it.

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