Why Are People SO Close Minded? - Understanding Paranoid Reading YouTube video by Robin Waldun

Robin Waldun: "Why Are People SO Close Minded? - Understanding Paranoid Reading" | #LiteraryTheory #AmyHungerford #ParanoidStyle #ParanoidThinking
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It’s never been easier to be a conspiracy theorist A mix of technology and politics has given an unprecedented boost to once-fringe ideas—but they are pretty much the same fantasies that have been spreading for hundreds of years.

“The distinguishing thing about the #paranoidstyle is not that its exponents see #conspiracies or plots here or there in #history, but they regard a ‘vast’ or ‘gigantic’ #conspiracy as the motive force in #historicalevents.” www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/30/1...

How the ‘Paranoid Style’ Took Over U.S. Politics From McCarthy to MAGA, the Epstein files is merely the latest conspiracy theory to grip the right wing.

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"How the ‘Paranoid Style’ Took Over U.S. Politics"