The conspiracies are old but the magnetic convergence assembling them is new.

Evidence

If the claims are coming from the far right, the covert plan is for a green/socialist/Venezuelan/Soros/forced-vaccine dictatorship, while the New Agers warn of a Big Pharma/GMO/biometric-implant/5G/robot-dog/forced-vaccine dictatorship. With the exception of the Covid-related refresh, the conspiracies that are part of this political convergence are not new—most have been around for decades, and some are ancient blood libels. What’s new is the force of the magnetic pull with which they are finding one another, self-assembling into what the Vice reporter Anna Merlan has termed a “conspiracy singularity.” — Naomi Klein, Doppelganger, 322

Categorization

• QUESTION: Klein’s framing — old conspiracies, new convergence force — begs the question of what exactly powers the attraction. Is it the platform economy optimizing for engagement? Worth chasing.
• XREF: connects to: Conspiracy theories themselves are old but their peddlers’ political power is new — Anna Merlan, Republic of Lies, 30