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The phenomenon of people being easily attracted to conspiratorial or radical movements that have a coherent ideology, and that are accessible online, and that seem to solve the problem of loneliness — because if you’re part of one of those movements or groups, then you feel connected to people in a way that you normally don’t. The movements offer that kind of belonging. And I think, also, the real life version of them offers that.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/17/podcasts/anne-applebaum-ezra-klein-interviews.html
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