NZFOI: Unfortunately anti-semitic coronavirus conspiracy theories are being promulgated across the web. Jews are being blamed for the pandemic and their alleged motives repeat the oldest anti-semitic tropes: killing their enemies, killing whites, killing blacks, killing hispanics, killing chinese, taking control of civilisation, another way to take control of the financial markets… You name it and you’ll find it on the web.
Outlandish coronavirus conspiracy theories have spread across the world almost as fast as the virus.
Stuff spoke to the University of Waikato’s M R X Dentith, who wrote a book on the philosophy of conspiracy theories, to find out why they take hold.
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