New conspiracism seeks destruction, not regime transformation or replacement

Evidence

So conspiracists are not, in our view, agitating to transform democracy into something else—authoritarianism or protofascism or anti-liberal populism. There is no discernable agenda of “regime change.” The new conspiracism is without any coherent constructive political aim. It is destructive—and it is politically sterile. — Russell Muirhead and Nancy L. Rosenblum, A Lot of People Are Saying, 75

Categorization

• XREF: Challenges the common claim that conspiracism is a protofascist/authoritarian movement seeking regime change; connects to debates about whether post-2016 politics is fascism. — connects to: The New Right openly aimed to destroy rather than reform existing institutions — Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers: Inside the…, 237