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Re:Twenty-one year old with no pre-existing conditions dies ... by macintux on Wednesday March 25, 2020 @10:53AM (#22685080)
At what previous point in time could a conspiracy theory reach 25% of the world’s population within a day? When was the last time the U.S. president was espousing conspiracy theories to a global audience?
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Re:Twenty-one year old with no pre-existing conditions dies ... by tarr11 on Wednesday March 25, 2020 @11:10AM (#22685269)
It has always been this way.

“Americans love conspiracy theories. Conspiratorial rhetoric in presidential campaigns and its distracting impact on the body politic have been a fixture in American elections from the beginning, but conspiracies flourished in the 1820s and 1830s, when modern-day American political parties developed, and the expansion of white male suffrage increased the nation’s voting base. “

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/conspiracy-theories-a...

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Re:Twenty-one year old with no pre-existing conditions dies ... by macintux on Wednesday March 25, 2020 @11:17AM (#22685360)
The speed is categorically different, as is the reach.
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