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44: Conspiracy Theories & The Breakdown of Trust
Rethinking Politics
English - June 03, 2021 20:45 - 52 minutes - 79.9 MBGovernment News Politics Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Since we first started this podcast we've been talking about how ugly the relationship between the two parties has been. And in the last year, that has only gotten worse. As part of that decline, there has been a rise in distrust and an increase in our willingness to believe the worst of each other. Today we dive into some of the deep rooted reasons that lead to some to distrust everything and disengage completely and why some people tend to see what they want to see.
Music: Beauty Flow by Kevin Macleod
Photo: Tom Carnegie on Unsplash