Conspiracy theory traditionally functions simply to explain social and economic forces that have become largely opaque. But nowadays it often serves to inscribe our lives in a dramatically more interesting and cosmically significant sci-fi narrative.https://twitter.com/willsommer/status/1513904778740387840 …
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Bingo! That's a nice formulation.
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I do think the person who first originated this model of conspiracy theory in its current form was David Icke. There were precedents before like William Cooper, and various weird UFO and other books of the 90's, but Icke took it to a new level, and it was further mainstreamed-
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