Anti-establishment conspiracies
Conspiracies that causes suspicion in governments
- governments hiding secrets (Area 51, 9/11, Pizzagate)
- governments is controlled by inside forces (CIA, rigged elections
- governments is controlled by outside sources (Illuminati, World Economic Forum)
- governments is trying to control us (chips in vaccines)
Mysterious deaths
people tend to blame the death of high-profile personalities on the government and secret services (e.g. Marylin Monroe, Princess Diana, John F. Kennedy)
What is QAnon?
- assemblage of far-right conspiracy theories centered on Trump's secret war against an international cabal of satanic pedophiles
Anti-establishment conspiracies
Anti-establishment conspiracies are defined as attempts to address the hidden aspects of power
Government secrets
Area 51 in Nevada. Stories about OVNIS , moon landing conspiracies, the AIDS virus was created by the CIA
Where do conspiracies come from?
- people's fears
- eroded trust in the government
- online communities
- traditional media making mistakes
- traditional media giving a voice to people peddling conspiracies
Why?
- people tend to blame the government
- government are secretive which is normal
- making sense of terrible events; regaining control by unveiling ‘the truth
- politicians tend to blame globalization/ external forces when things go wrong
- billionaires don't have our best interests at heart