New conspiracism inspires lone armed individuals but not organized movements

Evidence

True, the new conspiracism comes with an aura of noncompliance with illegitimate authority. There is more than a hint of threat against the malignant opposition, including the press. Up to now, the new conspiracism has inspired only a few disconnected individuals to act, such as the North Carolina man who entered the Comet Ping Pong pizzeria in northwest Washington, DC, and fired his assault rifle in an effort to “self-investigate” the child-trafficking charge he seized on from websites propagating the Pizzagate conspiracy. While the new conspiracism does not prescribe collective action, the view that it produces “zombies” is too strong. — Russell Muirhead and Nancy L. Rosenblum, A Lot of People Are Saying, 78

Categorization

• CANDY: The Comet Ping Pong / Pizzagate ‘self-investigation’ shooting is a striking, recountable anecdote.
• XREF: connects to: New conspiracism ascribes organized power to plotters it never musters itself — Russell Muirhead and Nancy L. Rosenblum, A Lot of People Are Saying: The New…, 76; New conspiracists replace organized political action with mass repetition and assent — Russell Muirhead and Nancy L. Rosenblum, A Lot of People Are Saying: The New…, 79; New conspiracism differs from classic conspiracy theory in kind — Russell Muirhead and Nancy L. Rosenblum, A Lot of People Are Saying: The New…, 185 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• New conspiracism differs from classic conspiracy theory in kind #expands (0.80) — Russell Muirhead and Nancy L. Rosenblum, A Lot of People Are Saying, 185
• New conspiracists replace organized political action with mass repetition and assent #corroborates (0.72) — Russell Muirhead and Nancy L. Rosenblum, A Lot of People Are Saying, 79
• New conspiracism abandons evidence while classic conspiracism theorizes it #expands (0.72)