February 15, 2021 ☼ pandemic ☼ extremism
Source: The Washington Post - Link
Since ancient times, pandemics have spurred sharp turns in political beliefs, spawning extremist movements, waves of mistrust and wholesale rejection of authorities. Nearly a year into the coronavirus crisis, Americans are falling prey to the same phenomenon, historians, theologians and other experts say, exemplified by a recent NPR-Ipsos poll in which nearly 1 in 5 said they believe Satan-worshipping, child-enslaving elites seek to control the world.
This tries to put things into perspective. There are lots of things different now that speed up the spread of conspiracy theories. The 15-20% of folks believe this shit is really scary.