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[–] rwhitisissle@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

It's important to remember that conspiratorial thinking is not limited by virtue of political ideology. Yes, the right has co-opted it in recent decades, but unfounded political paranoia and the mythologizing of deepstate cointelpro, as fundamental concepts, are on some level ideologically agnostic.