And what our widespread belief in aliens says about us
UFOs, the Illuminati, anti-vaxxers, QAnon. Photo: Wikicommons/Getty Images In a society with extreme economic inequality, a broken health-care system, and a crumbling social safety net, it’s easy to imagine that many people might feel as if the system is stacked against them.
Below, the Cut spoke to Merlan about what draws certain people to conspiratorial thinking, some of the country’s notorious conspiracy “entrepreneurs,” and what our widespread belief in aliens says about us. So what draws someone to a specific theory? And how much does it shape or is it shaped by their worldview?
Well it really depends! I talked to white nationalists, who I have no sympathy for, and I talked to the people who were terrorizing the families of children who died at Sandy Hook, for whom I also don’t have a lot of sympathy. But then, when I come up against people who are afraid of vaccinating their kids or are holding other medical conspiracies, there is a range of reactions that I had personally.
I was struck by something you said on the Trillbilly Worker’s Party podcast: that we don’t know if people like Alex Jones, who promote conspiracy theories, even believe what they’re peddling.
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