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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 2 Oct 2019

      1. We all know Trump spouts conspiracy theories all the time (Birtherism, "deep state") but the big revelation of Ukrainegate is that this isn't just for show. He believes this shit.

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    2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 2 Oct 2019

      2. The Trumpian Deep State conspiracy theory goes something like this: The USA intel community, working with allies in Australia & Europe, entrapped Trump campaigners in Russiagate in 2015/2016 because they didn't like Trump's heterodox foreign policy views. Trump believes this.

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    3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 2 Oct 2019

      3. One reason we haven't had a good discussion of Trump's conspiracy theories is dominant narrative of conspiracies (Hofstadter's "paranoid style") is deeply misleading. For Hofstadter, conspiracy theories flourished on fringes, not among elites.

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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 2 Oct 2019

      4. But conspiracy theories don't just belong to masses. Plenty of elites believe in wild & absurd stuff. "Who lost China?" was an elite debate. J. Edgar Hoover an elite powerhouse. LBJ thought anti-war movement was created by foreign adversaries.

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        1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 2 Oct 2019

          5. Some thoughts on Trump's conspiracy fetish and what it means for impeachment dynamics. https://www.thenation.com/article/trump-impeachment-conspiracy-theories/ …

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        2. RonMwangaguhung‏ @RonMwangaguhung 2 Oct 2019
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          Yup, also: there were plenty of elites in the isolationist right of the 30s.

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        3. Shava Nerad - We also serve who sit and wait? 🌻‏ @shava23 2 Oct 2019
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          Like, these guys. Seems like the same stamp. https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/german-american-bund …

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        1. Elvis ?:‏ @vynulz 2 Oct 2019
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          Let's simplify this though. Trump isn't a complicated individual. He believes everything he sees on Fox News. The opinion shows are rife with this conspiracy BS. I'm pretty sure that's where he gets his "some say" lines when he brings this stuff up in public.

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        1. 武則天/فاطمة بنت محمد الفهرية القرشية‏ @temacube 2 Oct 2019
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          Lol plenty of elites say stupid stuff to gull the credulous into thinking they believe what they say.

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        2. Ross Douthat‏Verified account @DouthatNYT 2 Oct 2019
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          Happily no anti-Trump elites have believed anything wild-seeming or absurd-in-hindsight about the Russia affair during this process.

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        3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 2 Oct 2019
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          Pee tape is real, Ross.

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        1. Shava Nerad - We also serve who sit and wait? 🌻‏ @shava23 2 Oct 2019
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          Let's talk about conspiracy theories like myths of the "undeserving poor," or zero sum economics. Any group that feels threatened creates conspiracy theories. They are insider bonding tools as bulwarks against uncertainty/fear. That sentiment is not right, left, rich, or poor.

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        1. Echidna‏ @monotreme93 2 Oct 2019
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          FDR lost China through his short-sighted policies during WW2.

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