/politics/staged-why-conspiracy-theories-are-stupid-but-also-bad-politics/ Fact-based, well-reasoned perspectives from around the world Sat, 16 May 2026 03:59:11 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 /politics/staged-why-conspiracy-theories-are-stupid-but-also-bad-politics/#comment-40740 Sat, 16 May 2026 03:59:11 +0000 /?p=162246#comment-40740 In particular, I’d encourage people to avoid the unfortunately common conspiracy that “the US president is secretly dead, and his cabinet is covering it up!” I’ve seen it from republicans and democrats alike about more than one president. The claim inevitably gets disproven and makes everyone who parroted it look foolish.

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