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People crowded around the conspiracy table that the ar-15 table. the clues were there. it had the potential to get as huge as it's become. >> john bronson is no stranger to bizarre stories. an author and film maker he's covered secret military programs, psychopaths and mind control. two decades ago, there was a story about extremism that led him to the conspiracy thinking. >> they all believed that there was a shadow write kabal secretly rolling and in some secret room. it's a very clear hoax that, of course, influenced the nazis, influenced light supremacists right up until today. >> john wan...
The election was stolen. >> make no mistake this election was stolen from you, from me. >> this is the consequence of conspiracy theories running amuck. accusations of lies, treason and even pedophilia flew from all directions. it begs the question, how did we end up here? americans have always been fascinated with alternate versions of the truth. >> the clues are all there that it had the potential to get as huge as it's become. >> in the last decade, conspiracy thinking has gone main stream. it may not be entirely our fault. >> if are you a democrat, i'm a republican, the algorithm is incent...
Mid-evil conspiracy theory. it is an antisemitic idea that jews were meeting last-minute at night to slaughter christian children and use their blood in rituals. it is spread beyond that. you see almosts in qanon that claims evildoers are meeting in secret to abuse children. >> reporter: the ancient lie has been weaponized again and again throughout global history but still didn't deter melissa who, herself, was raised jewish around descended from holocaust survivors. >> even though there is a lot of anti-semitism that goes along with what qanon is about. that still didn't dissuade you?
Conspiracy thinking has gone main stream. it may not be entirely our fault. >> if are you a democrat, i'm a republican, the aisle is incentivized to push us further apart. >> tonight we look at a system designed to stoke paranoia and stoke off our fears. >> it's psychological warfare with us as children. >> to meet someone who dove head first. >> i couldn't stop thinking about it and it broke me. >> and someone who is still very much in it. >> it's coming. >> what do you think is comeing? . >> we like to think we're immune from misinformation, but the truth is far more complicated and these da...