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CAIR, Captive of Conspiracism [Weblog] - Daniel Pipes |
 | | Conspiracism tries to figure out how power is exercised in society, but ends up oversimplifying the complexities of modern society by blaming societal problems on manipulation by a handful of evil individuals. |
 | | As such, conspiracism is neither investigative reporting, which seeks to expose actual conspiracies through careful research; nor is it power structure research, which seeks to accurately analyze the distribution of power and privilege in a society. |
 | | By the way, Berlet goes on to assert that "Overwhelmingly,
conspiracism in the U.S. is the central historic narrative of right-wing populism." That may have been true decades ago, but these days, the left is far more prone to this way of thinking. |
| www.danielpipes.org /blog/632 (466 words) |
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