{"id":7739,"date":"2023-12-19T10:24:31","date_gmt":"2023-12-19T15:24:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeroaggressionproject.org\/?p=7432"},"modified":"2024-03-15T09:40:56","modified_gmt":"2024-03-15T13:40:56","slug":"conspiracy-myths-mechanics-gracearchy-75","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeroaggressionproject.org\/gracearchy\/conspiracy-myths-mechanics-gracearchy-75\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Reasons Conspiracy Theorists Earn a Bad Reputation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Do you know why conspiracy theorists have a bad reputation?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t be too quick to answer. Conspiracies constantly occur.<\/p>\n<p>This episode starts off with a heuristic about conspiracy theories derived from Public Choice Economics. It&#8217;s called Bootleggers and Baptists, and it&#8217;s so vital to understanding how everyday lobbying conspiracies work, that I did an entire episode on it. However, this insight can be used as a heuristic to analyze emerging conspiracy theories, as well.<\/p>\n<p>The rest of this episode is about myths, mostly those that are pro-conspiracy theory. In fact, we cover&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The five myths that give conspiracy theorists a bad reputation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #080808; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\" align=\"center\"><strong style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif;\"><a style=\"color: #080808; background-color: #6cdd20; border: 1px solid #6cdd20; border-radius: 6px; display: inline-block; font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.25em; text-decoration-line: none; width: 350px;\" href=\"https:\/\/rumble.com\/v420gve-ep75-conspiracy-myths-and-conspiracy-mechanics-gracearchy-with-jim-babka.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Watch on Rumble<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>OR&#8230;<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/R-xrbkDXl9A\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>We also got into the first and the worst of the <em>anti-conspiracy theory myths<\/em> before we wrapped up this installment of <em>Gracearchy with Jim Babka<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s more than one anti-conspiracy theory myth to cover, but we ran out of time. We&#8217;ll cover those myths in an upcoming episode!<\/p>\n<p>You can listen while you work or drive on these podcasting platforms: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pandora.com\/podcast\/gracearchy-with-jim-babka\/PC:1001041306\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pandora<\/a> * <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iheart.com\/podcast\/269-gracearchy-with-jim-babka-104993243\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iHeart<\/a> * <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.google.com\/feed\/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vZ3JhY2VhcmNoeQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Podcasts<\/a> * <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/38qo6q3PwdCUfxjgcrD3Ff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spotify<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re featuring today&#8217;s episode on&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\" align=\"center\"><strong style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif;\"><a style=\"color: #ffffff; background-color: #b90f10; border: 1px solid #b90f10; border-radius: 6px; display: inline-block; font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.25em; text-decoration-line: none; width: 350px;\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/4zVX6Q81j2GNg2IkPwsc0W\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spotify<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Zero Aggression Project sponsors and promotes this podcast. But we have big 2024 plans for this program.\u00a0So, we&#8217;re asking for your financial support &#8212; please, get your <a href=\"https:\/\/zeroaggressionproject.org\/contribute\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">monthly pledge<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/zeroaggressionproject.org\/contribute\/\">one-time contribution<\/a> in before year-end. Contributions to our parent organization, Downsize DC Foundation, are tax deductible if you itemize.<\/p>\n<p><em>ZAP The State and have a nice day,<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Jim Babka<br \/>\nHost, <em>Gracearchy with Jim Babka<\/em><br \/>\nCo-creator, Zero Aggression Project<\/p>\n<p><strong>P.S.<\/strong> Two prerequisite episodes are <a href=\"https:\/\/zeroaggressionproject.org\/gracearchy\/bootleggers-baptists-gracearchy-70\/\">Ep70 <em>Bootleggers &amp; Baptists<\/em><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/zeroaggressionproject.org\/gracearchy\/how-to-analyze-conspiracy-theories\/\">Ep 74 <em>How to Handle Conspiracy Theories<\/em><\/a>. We encourage you to check them out.<\/p>\n<p>Gracearchy is hosted by Zero Aggression Project&#8217;s co-founder, Jim Babka, but the views expressed in the show\u00a0are not necessarily those of the board, staff, or supporters of the Zero Aggression Project (Downsize DC Foundation).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Also, mechanics of State conspiracies<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7783,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[760],"tags":[1237,758,1238,1230,1231,1239,179,759,761,25,1240,1021,1241,1242,380],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>5 Reasons Conspiracy Theorists Earn a Bad Reputation - ZAP - Zero Aggression Project<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/zeroaggressionproject.org\/gracearchy\/conspiracy-myths-mechanics-gracearchy-75\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"5 Reasons Conspiracy Theorists Earn a Bad Reputation - 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