Damian Thompson at the Daily Telegraph takes a trenchant look at the peculiar popularity and spread of preposterous conspiracy theories in mainstream modern culture. A development he blames on a Ballardian lust for sensation, the spread of the multiculturalist idea of total tolerance and the wide availability of incorrect information (counterknowledge) made possible by the internet. As he puts it: “A rumour about the Antichrist can leap from Goths in Sweden to Australian fascists in seconds. ” It’s a troubling trend.
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