In case you went as nuts as I did figuring out what Paige was reading on #TheAmericans: http://www.amazon.com/dp/0394708423/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_awdo_Zfravb0WS919G …
@carlzoilus Hofstadter has shaped "common sense" understanding of conspiracy theories as product of fringe, marginalized groups.
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@HeerJeet I never read it but thought it was as much about Nixon as anyone? -
@carlzoilus No -- it was pre-Nixon. About the John Birch Society, etc. I'll have to do an essay about it at some point -- - Show replies
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@HeerJeet Agree that kneejerk anti-conspiracyism fuels mainstream narrative but reverse is bad analysis of institutional workings too no? -
@HeerJeet oh also see what you mean re mainstream conspiracy theory tho Bush-Fox seems like the paranoid style in full bloom no?
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