08
Mar
2022
Personality traits and mindset, rather than political affiliation, are the primary determinants of whether someone believes conspiracy theories.
I think it really has to do with, I mean, this guy at University of Miami, Joe Ushinsky, who studied conspiracy theories, especially political ones. And I would call this one of those because gun control was always a factor and, you know, or almost consistently. And definitely the government planned it, makes it a political conspiracy theory. But, you know, he will say, you know, even QAnon. Does not select for politics. That, you know, it is really your kind of mindset and your personality much more than your politics that determines whether or not you believe these conspiracy theories.