Conspiracy Theories: Truth-Seeking or Pure Provocation? | Ep 45 from Rufo & Lomez

Conspiracy Theories: Truth-Seeking or Pure Provocation? | Ep 45

1 hour 18 minutes Posted May 1, 2026 at 3:00 pm.

– 0:05:39) Opening & latest Trump assassination attempt

– 0:10:00( Security limits vs. deeper cultural instability

– 0:15:00) Internet‑scale radicalization on left and right

– 0:21:49) Algorithms, echo chambers & “disinformation expert” trap

– 0:30:48) Collapse of old gatekeepers & media incentive shifts

– 0:37:14) Assassination polling & bipartisan conspiracism

– 0:43:30) Conspiracy theories as an “epistemic sandbox” & vice

– 0:51:28) 9/11 / Building 7 as a case study in bad reasoning

– 0:58:05) Conspiracy as folk culture & psychological coping

– 1:05:53) When “conspiracies” point to real issues

– 1:12:04) Elite human capital & the myth of the more rational left

– 1:15:16) Closing: who should govern & invitation to debate

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Are conspiracy theories about a search for the truth or taboo? Rufo and Lomez explore the Left’s political violence, internet radicalization, and the conspiracy-theory culture that may be fueling it all.

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