Red Pill, Blue Pill - How to Counteract the Conspiracy Theories That Are Killing Us

Informationen zum Autor By David Neiwert Klappentext A revealing trip down the rabbit hole of conspiracy theories -their appeal, who believes them, how they spread -with an eye to helping people deal with the alt-right conspiracists in their own lives.Conspiracy theories are killing us. Once confined to the fringes of society, this worldview now has adherents numbering in the millions -extending right into the White House. This disturbing look at this alt-right threat to our democratic institutions offers guidance for counteracting the personal toll this destructive mindset can have on relationships and families.Author David Neiwert -an investigative journalist who has studied the radical right for decades -examines the growing appeal of conspiracy theories and the kind of personalities that are attracted to such paranoid, sociopathic messages. He explains how alt-right leaders are able to get such firm holds on the imaginations of their followers and chronicles the destruction caused by the movement's most virulent believers.Colloquially, this recruitment to a

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• Authors: David Neiwert, Neiwert David
• Publisher: Prometheus Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2020
• EAN: 9781633886261
• ISBN: 978-1-63388-626-1
• No. of pages: 232
• Series: Prometheus (Rowman & Littlefield)
• Subjects: Guides > Spirituality > Ancient knowledge, ancient cultures; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; Political Ideologies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Terrorism, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Radicalism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Conspiracy Theories, Terrorism, armed struggle, Conspiracy Theories