Bon malheureusement la chambre sera républicaine, mais de peu.
Reading @dappergander analysis on the level of conspiracy theories surrounding #midterms22, and why they seem less prominent vs '20
https://journa.host/@dappergander/109334459192581453
To add to this:
In 2020, chaos was a feature, not a bug. Council for National Policy figures piloted a #questing OP that produced dozens of conspiracies (and their star figures).
This creates an alternative form of legitimate authority (/Weber), that is participative (power to capture attention & engage)
But now...
Based on what I'm seeing in conspiracyworld, I'd say there's two reasons why we're not having a repeat of 2020-level election denial. 1. Most conspiracy theories, and certainly viral ones are often based in "X looks like Y, therefore Z" reasoning: that hieroglyph looks like a helicopter, therefore ancient aliens; those intersecting streets look like a pentagram, therefore satanists built DC. Right now, nothing "looks like fraud," and certainly not like overnight counting bumps did in 2020.
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