Episode 22: Conspiracy Theories!

Two Arabs and a Podcast

“The main thing that I learned about conspiracy theory, is that conspiracy theorists believe in a conspiracy because that is more comforting. The truth of the world is that it is actually chaotic. The truth is that it is not The Iluminati, or The Jewish Banking Conspiracy, or the Gray Alien Theory. The truth is far more frightening - Nobody is in control. The world is rudderless.” ― Alan Moore Conspiracy theories are as old as politics. But conspiracists today have introduced something new—conspiracy without theory. There is no demand for evidence, no dots revealed to form a pattern, no close examination of shadowy plotters. Dispensing with the burden of explanation, the new conspiracist imposes its own reality through repetition The new conspiracism targets democratic foundations—political parties and knowledge-producing institutions. It makes it more difficult to argue, persuade, negotiate, compromise, and even to disagree. Ultimately, it delegitimates democracy. Today we address some of the most common conspiracy theories in the United States. We aim to shed light on the danger of those theories. Listen on iTunes, Google Play, Soundcloud , Stitcher & YouTube Items mentioned in today’s episode Frass IG @frosst13 Omers IG @killfirstidielast Two Arabs and a podcast IG @twoarabspodcast Two Arabs and a podcast YouTube @ TwoArabsandaPODCAST