Re:Snopes asks community for donations
by JumpCrisscross on Monday July 24, 2017 @01:33PM
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> the nature of conservatism seems more prone to conspiracy generation
True, but probably not for the reason you describe. Anxiety is a prominent undertone in conservative psychology [1]. That is the nexus conservatism shares with conspiracy theories.
(Note that "liberal" and "conservative@ don't neatly map to modern political parties in almost any democracy.)
True, but probably not for the reason you describe. Anxiety is a prominent undertone in conservative psychology [1]. That is the nexus conservatism shares with conspiracy theories.
(Note that "liberal" and "conservative@ don't neatly map to modern political parties in almost any democracy.)
[1] https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/calling-truce-pol...