https://theloop.ecpr.eu/amid-the-pandemic-conspiracy-theories-are-everywhere-politicians-should-face-up-to-their-role-in-helping-to-peddle-them/ ECPR's Political Science Blog Fri, 16 Apr 2021 08:43:57 +0000 hourly 1 https://theloop.ecpr.eu/amid-the-pandemic-conspiracy-theories-are-everywhere-politicians-should-face-up-to-their-role-in-helping-to-peddle-them/#comment-2211 Fri, 16 Apr 2021 08:43:57 +0000 https://theloop.ecpr.eu/?p=2260#comment-2211 This article seems to miss depth. First it has a very flat definition of conspiracies, per definition as hoaxes, devoid of any truth or meaning. As if there could be no such thing as a secretive co-operation of parties with a common interest. So it is a straw man tactic. Secondly, it is finger-pointing, even to a level of just one Dutch political party, without pausing to think how the phenomenon of 'populism' (also undefined) could be seen in many or even all Dutch political parties and systems. And contemplating other factors that may cause the growth of this one political party. And finally, it smells of moral superiority by stating what others should do, not what the authors themselves, or we, the readers, should do.

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