Inclusive conspiracies that include nearly everyone are a growing logical endpoint of conspiratorial thinking
Evidence
The logic of conspiracy theory, with its premise that everything is connected to everything else, ultimately leads to theories in which the conspiracy includes virtually everyone but the writer and his or her intended readers. The notion of an inclusive conspiracy may seem oxymoronic, but it has become increasingly common. — Michael Barkun, A Culture of Conspiracy, 358
Categorization
- XREF: Connects to Popper’s ‘conspiracy theory of society’ and the idea that open systems invite totalizing suspicion — echoes themes in Albert Camus, Hannah Arendt on totalitarian thinking, and Hofstadter’s paranoid style. — connects to: Conspiracy hierarchies can be recursively nested with the top conspirators themselves being manipulated — Michael Barkun, A Culture of Conspiracy: Apocalyptic…, 335; Conspiracism aims to own and impose reality on everyone — Russell Muirhead and Nancy L. Rosenblum, A Lot of People Are Saying: The New…, 232; Inclusive conspiracies become unfalsifiable since all outside sources are complicit (+4 more)
Broader Connections
- Conspiracy theories evolve toward complex multi-organization superconspiracies
#expands(0.85) — Michael Barkun, A Culture of Conspiracy, 349 - Inclusive conspiracies become unfalsifiable since all outside sources are complicit
#expands(0.82) - Conspiracism aims to own and impose reality on everyone
#expands(0.78) — Russell Muirhead and Nancy L. Rosenblum, A Lot of People Are Saying, 232 - New conspiracism is monologic and untethered to shared facts and experience
#corroborates(0.75) — Russell Muirhead and Nancy L. Rosenblum, A Lot of People Are Saying, 279 - Stigmatized-knowledge belief channels believers toward conspiracy theories
#qualifies(0.72) — Michael Barkun, A Culture of Conspiracy, 186