not everyone s glued to the politics, but it s never far away. arizona was once a solidly republican state but, like elsewhere in america, traditional conservatism is now grappling with rapid social change. the myth of this stolen election is all about division and it suggests something fundamental is being lost here a readiness to accept that people with values that you oppose could ever legitimately win a majority. anybody think we re not in a war? that this civil war hasn t already begun? but while far right groups make inflammatory claims of war, this meeting is sparsely attended and a local democrat candidate has even accepted an invitation to speak. the democratic process somehow
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it s easy to think of conspiracy theories as something new, a by-product of the digital age. but journalist ana merlin points out this has happened over and over again. social change, confusion about major world events, all of those things can lead to an environment where peoples imaginations really can run wild. in the mid-20th century most conspiracy theories spread by word of mouth. like today it was a time of rapid social change. while an escalating cold war bred fear of communist and the civil rights movement threatened to upend a system of white supremacy, a group on the far right sought to capitalize the
success was making their relationship more difficult. it s easy to think of conspiracy theories as something new. a byproduct of the digital age, the journalist anna merlin points out, this has happened over and over again in america? conspiracy theories tend to come to prominence more during times of social upheave am, social change, confusion of major world events, all of those things can lead to an environment where people s imaginations can run wild, in the mid-20th century, most conspiracy theories spread by mouth. today it was a rapid social change. while an escalating cold fear was communism and they upended white supremacy, a group sought