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1/ In 2020, we launched “Shadowland,” a series of stories on conspiracy thinking that will challenge your understanding of some of America’s most poisonous ideas.
Read on for some of our favorite stories from the project. https://www.theatlantic.com/shadowland/
Read on for some of our favorite stories from the project. https://www.theatlantic.com/shadowland/
2/ Before Atlantic editor @elcush ever covered conspiracy thinking, she practiced it. “By the later part of my teens, the Illuminati was a stand-in for something I understood to be true about the distribution of power and wealth in the world,” she wrote. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/05/i-was-a-teenage-conspiracist/610975/
3/ Some conspiracy theories prove harmless. Others, such as QAnon, turn out to be anything but. Our executive editor, @AdrienneLaF, explored the origins of the group in our June cover story. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/06/qanon-nothing-can-stop-what-is-coming/610567/
4/ @Kait_Tiffany reported on how Monat, Arbonne, Young Living, and other multilevel-marketing companies that promise endless downstream profits have important ideological overlaps with conspiracy thinking. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2020/10/why-multilevel-marketing-and-qanon-go-hand-hand/616885/
5/ Donald Trump may be leaving office shortly, but One America News, the network started by and for his fan base, is only growing. In May, @DevinGordonX called the network “straight truth for Trump fans, and completely surreal for everyone else.” https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/05/trumps-favorite-tv-network-post-parody/611353/
6/6 So much of conspiracy thinking involves the belief that we are on the precipice of catastrophe—and if you believe that, preparing for it seems like the best thing to do, @AnnieLowrey wrote. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2020/09/rising-s-vivos-and-the-booming-bunker-economy/616240/
