"Conspiracy Theory in America is about the transformation of America's civic culture from the Founders' hard-nosed realism about elite political intrigue to today's blanket condemnation of conspiracy beliefs as ludicrous by definition. This cultural reversal did not occur spontaneously; it was planned and orchestrated by the government itself."
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Lance deHaven-Smith, Conspiracy Theory in America (University of Texas Press: 2014), p. 21
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