re: Why are conservatives so prone to believing conspiracy theories?

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I am a conservative but some of the ridiculous conspiracy theories posted on this site and social media are just cringeworthy. They really paint us in a bad light. I know people will respond with "Russian collusion" but that was so
widely reported by the MSM you can kind of see how liberals who hate Trump would believe it.

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I don't know that conservatives are MORE likely to believe conspiracy theories. The source of the conspiracy is just different. Conservatives don't trust government, so you get the deep state, etc. Conservatives also don't trust the media so their sources can be a bit...suspect. (Though this is not without reason, keep reading).

Leftists (I try not to call them liberals anymore) focus more of their wacko theories on either the private sector (capitalism) or shadowy systems that defy definition or measurement: patriarchy, white supremacy, etc.

The problem, and you kinda noted this, is that the media and academics focus (create?) on the wacko right wing stuff, but excuse, soften or downright accept a lot of left wing stuff.

It's nice to be able to frame the narrative.


But yeah, there are a lot of wack job conspiracy theorists on here.