https://www.rawstory.com/qanon-conspiracy-2655306182/In an interview with Rolling Stone's Alex Morris, political scientist Joseph Uscinski -- co-author of "American Conspiracy Theories" -- claimed that the QAnon movement that sees the "Deep State" behind any news that disturbs their worldview are nothing new in a country that has long tolerated a minority of people with beliefs that are odds with reality.
While not downplaying how dangerous QAnon believers can be, as the Jan 6th insurrection that led to deaths and destruction showed, Uscinski explained that QAnon isn't turning people into conspiracy kooks -- it is just reaching people who are susceptible to its lure of hidden, and generally bogus, information.
Taking up the question of whether conspiracy theories can take any person down a rabbit hole of misinformation and obsession, Uscinski claimed one has to be predisposed to leave the real world behind.
