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    Nicholas Goldberg: Why do people believe in conspiracy theories?

    by Nicholas Goldberg, Los Angeles Times Jul 26, 2022 3 minutes
    A "Stop the Steal" sign is posted inside of the Capitol Building after a pro-Trump mob overran the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington, D.C..

    Watching the Jan. 6 committee hearings, one could be forgiven for believing we're living in the heyday of conspiracy theories, between the Holocaust denialism of the Oath Keepers, the loony pedophilia fears of the QAnoners and the "Stop the Steal" ravings of Sidney Powell, Rudolph W. Giuliani and former President Donald Trump himself.

    But don't be too sure. Conspiracy theories have a long history. They date back to the Emperor Nero and the , for instance, and to the ritual murder accusations against Jews in medieval Europe. They're as American as the witchcraft trials in Salem, Massachusetts.

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