Political conspiracism now targets core democratic processes themselves

Evidence

We focus on the catalog of accusations that go to the heart of regular democratic politics: rigged elections; secret plans by the federal government to use the military to abrogate states’ rights or to seize guns; an illegitimate president who is not a native citizen; a secretary of state who “created” the terrorist group ISIS and conspires to weaken and humiliate America in the world; a “deep state” that sabotages the government. — Russell Muirhead and Nancy L. Rosenblum, A Lot of People Are Saying, 18

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Conspiracism’s core target is democratic disagreement itself, not this or that policy — Russell Muirhead and Nancy L. Rosenblum, A Lot of People Are Saying: The New…, 21; Framing parties as conspiracies constitutes an attack on democracy itself — Russell Muirhead and Nancy L. Rosenblum, A Lot of People Are Saying: The New…, 191; New conspiracism abandons explanatory theory and targets democratic legitimacy — Russell Muirhead and Nancy L. Rosenblum, A Lot of People Are Saying: The New…, 11 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Conspiracism’s core target is democratic disagreement itself, not this or that policy #expands (0.90) — Russell Muirhead and Nancy L. Rosenblum, A Lot of People Are Saying, 21
• New conspiracism abandons explanatory theory and targets democratic legitimacy #expands (0.88) — Russell Muirhead and Nancy L. Rosenblum, A Lot of People Are Saying, 11
• Framing parties as conspiracies constitutes an attack on democracy itself #corroborates (0.85) — Russell Muirhead and Nancy L. Rosenblum, A Lot of People Are Saying, 191
• New conspiracism attacks democratic institutions outright rather than just rejecting compromise #expands (0.80) — Russell Muirhead and Nancy L. Rosenblum, A Lot of People Are Saying, 113