New conspiracism rejects parties with no reform agenda at all

Evidence

Conspiracist antipartyism today is not the product of sober confrontation with the limitations of party democracy. Indeed, it is divorced from institutional considerations of representation altogether. Nor do conspiracists uphold a purified image of democracy in which independents replace partisans; their appeal is not to voters who describe themselves as independents and claim to make their decisions about candidates case by case without consideration of the collective partisan “we.” The new conspiracism assaults parties and partisanship, but not for the sake of reform; it is wholly negative. — Russell Muirhead and Nancy L. Rosenblum, A Lot of People Are Saying, 217

Categorization

• XREF: Contrasts usefully with earlier chapters establishing what motivated Progressive and pragmatist antiparty traditions in American politics. — connects to: New conspiracism offers no vision of what should replace delegitimized government — Russell Muirhead and Nancy L. Rosenblum, A Lot of People Are Saying: The New…, 74; New conspiracism attacks democratic institutions outright rather than just rejecting compromise — Russell Muirhead and Nancy L. Rosenblum, A Lot of People Are Saying: The New…, 113; New conspiracism is a closed system that abandons explanation entirely — Russell Muirhead and Nancy L. Rosenblum, A Lot of People Are Saying: The New…, 109 (+5 more)

Broader Connections

• New conspiracism attacks democratic institutions outright rather than just rejecting compromise #expands (0.85) — Russell Muirhead and Nancy L. Rosenblum, A Lot of People Are Saying, 113
• New conspiracism is a closed system that abandons explanation entirely #expands (0.80) — Russell Muirhead and Nancy L. Rosenblum, A Lot of People Are Saying, 109
• New conspiracism lacks ideology and political theory, producing only disorientation #expands (0.80) — Russell Muirhead and Nancy L. Rosenblum, A Lot of People Are Saying, 73
• Political delegitimation needs no alternative ideology, only angry conspiracism #expands (0.80) — Russell Muirhead and Nancy L. Rosenblum, A Lot of People Are Saying, 28
• New conspiracism abandons explanatory theory and targets democratic legitimacy #expands (0.75) — Russell Muirhead and Nancy L. Rosenblum, A Lot of People Are Saying, 11
• New conspiracism operates without theory because its sole product is delegitimation #expands (0.75) — Russell Muirhead and Nancy L. Rosenblum, A Lot of People Are Saying, 82
• New conspiracism lowers the assent bar to mere possibility, without evidence #expands (0.75) — Russell Muirhead and Nancy L. Rosenblum, A Lot of People Are Saying, 122