Naomi Klein - Conspiracy Culture

Program Title: Naomi Klein - Conspiracy Culture
Description: Conspiracy. Conspiracy culture. Conspiracy theories. Just hearing those words can make some people cringe and others to embrace them. Conspiracy theories are as old as the hills. But today, thanks to social media algorithms that push users toward ever more emotional, fact-adverse content, it's never been easier for wild implausible ideas and hate to go viral. It’s a rabbit hole that detracts attention from predatory economic policies that have created a gargantuan gap in wealth and power. Instead of focusing on what elites are actually doing, people are diverted into cultural wars about all-gender bathrooms, anti-racist education, non-white immigrants, and LGBTQ athletes which are all part of a deep-state cabal of Satan-worshipping pedophiles who control the world. Conspiracy culture makes the ruling class secure in knowing societal anger isn’t aimed at them.

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Featured Speakers/Guests: Naomi Klein is a leading Canadian author, social activist, and filmmaker. She is a professor in the Department of Geography at the University of British Columbia and the founding co-director of UBC’s Centre for Climate Justice. Her articles appear in leading newspapers and magazines around the world. She is a columnist for The Guardian. The New York Times says, "She is that nearly extinct breed of activist: one who never stops questioning orthodoxies and interrogating her own beliefs." She is the author of many books including No Logo, The Shock Doctrine, and On Fire. Her latest book is Doppelganger.

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Topic: Politics Type: Speech/Presentation

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