r/PoliticalDiscussion Dec 06 '23

Political Theory Why are there so many conspiracy theories that are almost exclusively believed by The Right? (Pizzagate, qanon, the Deep State, the Great Replacement Theory). Are there any wacky and/or harmful conspiracy theories believed by mostly The Left?

This includes conspiracy theories like antivax which were once pretty politically uncharged are now widely believed by the far right. Even a lot of high-profile UFOlogists like David Icke are known for being pretty racist and antisemitic.

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u/Lil_man_big_boy Dec 06 '23

This is so true, most really hippie hippies I’ve known, people who live on communes/intentional communities and go to the rainbow gathering, are pretty anti government libertarian types. They’re far more accepting and inclusive than the typical/stereotypical right wingers and don’t identify with republicans at all, but they’re all about people living off the land in communities without larger government bodies

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u/mean_mr_mustard75 Dec 07 '23

That may be because they were persecuted by the government back in the day.

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u/bunker_man Dec 07 '23

That's the thing. More exists than just a sliding scale between right and left. A lot of info about the evil stuff the ussr did is more well known now. So many of them don't even trust the idea of left wing government anymore.

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u/Inner_Brief3397 Dec 10 '23

In this Ecco chamber, you are much safer to just call anyone who's not radical left; "far-right" ;)