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🕳️ The Economist
Conspiracy theories grow where society cannot fit complex reality into a comprehensible picture.
In 24 countries 37% of respondents agreed that a secret group runs the world; in 2021 it was 25%. War, inequality, migration, and politicians who trade on suspicion make this even stronger.
Real conspiracies exist. But the habit of explaining everything that way kills the ability to tell evidence from invention.