"By early 2021, when she was casting nearly every public health measure marshalled to control the Covid pandemic as a covert plan by the Chinese Communist party, the World Economic Forum and Anthony Fauci to usher in a sinister new world order, I began to feel as if I was reading a parody of The Shock Doctrine, one with all facts and evidence carefully removed.."

writes of her ","

theguardian.com/books/2023/aug

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Martin Nutty · @mnutty
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@qotca @klillington

Thanks for the pointer. I’ve linked to the site 👇

On another note, something that is not addressed in the article (that is not a negative criticism), what should the rational based community do to address this gravitation towards ? While reportage is useful, who should be responding to this with a more attractive counter narrative? Is there a need for an organized effort?

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Martin Nutty · @mnutty
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@klillington

I'd heard about the surprising alignment between some groups and before. This article lays out a number of plausible theories as to why and how members of such groups become susceptible to such thinking. Conformity, dissatisfaction with the limitations of medical/scientific solutions/explanations, the collapse of traditional religion – all feeding into to the very human need of wishing to belong and/or assert a collective identity.

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"While we face catastrophic climate change and other pending disasters, how can we restore the public’s understandings about scientific realities? We explore disinformation and ways to communicate with non-scientists to loosen the grip the disinformants have on so many people."

On , How to Talk to a Science Denier and in a Crisis

scholarscircle.org/scholars-ci

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"Kennedy’s co-optation of Black liberation efforts in distorts a nuanced history. We never hear from him, for example, about how in the 1970s the Black Panthers made access to free, evidence-based health care a pillar of their revolutionary vision. [..] They sponsored pioneering research. They also provided free vaccinations."

The Conspirituality of

time.com/6292191/robert-f-kenn

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Hyperlink Your Heart · @hyperlinkyourheart
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Wrote down some thoughts on Michael Barkun's "A Culture of Conspiracy"

blog.hyperlinkyourheart.com/cu

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beSpacific · @bespacific
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and their philosophies # Individualism, , and fuel American , argues a sociologist science.org/doi/10.1126/scienc

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Daniele Purrone · @Purple74
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Love this podcast! Or maybe I should say I hate to have to love it, since its stories are so scary! Well done @godlessmom !

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Georgiann Baldino · @obtener
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“The problems in American are worse. That’s because a particularly insidious disease has infected the core of its political system,...: extreme .”

Courtesy of myHNN historynewsnetwork.org/article

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Martin Nutty · @mnutty
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The American political right is dominated by a devotion to .

These fantasies are helpful to agents of chaos who wish to destroy government, maintain group cohesion, and provide a self affirming narrative to voters enraged by their declining fortunes

theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/

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Jinjirrie 🐈‍⬛✅ · @Jinjirrie
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What do you tell a friend who suddenly decides to transmogrify into a covid conspiracoid? or do you just leave them to their sad disintegration like old tree trunks rotting in the forest?

#conspiracism

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bluebirdblvd · @bluebirdblvd
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cont.: In addition, I've spent some considerable time devoted to two specific subjects: studies and (est. 2007), and I absolutely adore the scholars in these fields. >>

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Critical Canuck · @criticalcanadians
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@DrJackBrown Again, I'm not disagreeing with the idea per se, there would absolutely be a major interest in the afforded by the silencing of "the world's water cooler." I'm moreso just a little skeptical that this was a planned and carefully considered plan, because that really dances right up to the line of .
Thanks to anyone who took time to read this, ?

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Just Liz · @justliz
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@GreenFire Agreed! And their propensity for affects us in so many aspects of life. I no longer see religion as a benign influence.

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BKesner · @brk828
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I'm mainly interested in and

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Sebastian Dieguez · @Dieguez
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