Conspiracy surges track rigid class structure and felt disenfranchisement

Evidence

I found some of my answer in our increasingly rigid class structure, one that leaves many people feeling locked into their circumstances—in contrast with what we’ve been taught is the American dream—and desperate to find someone to blame. I found it in rising disenfranchisement, a feeling many people have that they are shut out of systems of power, pounding furiously at iron doors that will never open to admit them. I found it in a frustratingly opaque healthcare system, a vanishing social safety net, a political environment that seizes cynically on a renewed distrust of the news media. — Anna Merlan, Republic of Lies, 33

Categorization

• SEED: Possible essay angle: mapping each item on this list (opaque healthcare, vanishing safety net, lock-step class mobility) onto measurable rises in specific conspiracies — a data-driven follow-up.
• XREF: connects to: Rigid class systems produced more dangerous breakdowns when challenged — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 654; State propagandists, bots, and amateur conspiracy theorists form reinforcing alliances. — Anna Merlan, Republic of Lies, 396; Rothschild conspiracy fears grew as their real banking influence waned (+7 more)

Broader Connections

• Rigid class systems produced more dangerous breakdowns when challenged #expands (0.82) — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 654