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Weaponizing Conspiracy Theory: The Dangers in Priming People for Armed Revolution
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities. The words of the French Enlightenment philosopher Voltaire above have often, in recent years, been used to explain the madness of religious terrorism. By getting lost in a belief system, one can often lose their moral compass (or perhaps more correctly, have it ‘re-aligned’), and by submitting to that belief system, also surrender their agency. In the last couple of years, however, Voltaire’s statement has often come to […]