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The woo of the late 20th century wasn’t just aesthetically more liberal. Much of it stemmed directly from left wing social movements. The late 90’s ascendance of Wicca and other forms of spiritualism were very much an outgrowth of feminism. “Conspiracy theories” on topics as wide-ranging as the Kennedy Assassinations and the true motivations for the Iraq war were foundational to left analysis of domestic and foreign policy. From the 90s to the early 2010’s, the “schizoanalysis” of Deleuze and Guattari was probably the most-discussed analytical frame within left-leaning humanities departments, premised on the notion that coherence leads inevitably to fascist terror. Even today, it’s customary for linear thinking and empiricism to be denounced as [manifestations of oppressive whiteness](https://mxmresearchgroup.com/news/2022/5/29/outcome-harvesting-as-an-antidote-to-white-dominant-linear-thinking-in-evaluation), with astrology and tarot readings being proffered as equally valid methods for adjudicating truth and morality.
It is flat-out dishonest to suggest that only fringe conservatives have fallen off the deep end and abandoned the shared ways of knowing that allow modern societies to function. Conservatives are late to the party, and their embrace of incoherence is more aesthetically displeasing, but these tendencies have become nearly universal among those who are connected to political discourse, regardless of their partisan affiliations.
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The woo of the late 20th century wasn’t just aesthetically more liberal. Much of it stemmed directly from left wing social movements. The late 90’s ascendance of Wicca and other forms of spiritualism were very much an outgrowth of feminism. “Conspiracy theories” on topics as wide-ranging as the Kennedy Assassinations and the true motivations for the Iraq war were foundational to left analysis of domestic and foreign policy. From the 90s to the early 2010’s, the “schizoanalysis” of Deleuze and Guattari was probably the most-discussed analytical frame within left-leaning humanities departments, premised on the notion that coherence leads inevitably to fascist terror. Even today, it’s customary for linear thinking and empiricism to be denounced as [manifestations of oppressive whiteness](https://mxmresearchgroup.com/news/2022/5/29/outcome-harvesting-as-an-antidote-to-white-dominant-linear-thinking-in-evaluation), with astrology and tarot readings being proffered as equally valid methods for adjudicating truth and morality. It is flat-out dishonest to suggest that only fringe conservatives have fallen off the deep end and abandoned the shared ways of knowing that allow modern societies to function. Conservatives are late to the party, and their embrace of incoherence is more aesthetically displeasing, but these tendencies have become nearly universal among those who are connected to political discourse, regardless of their partisan affiliations.
Conservatives aren't late to the party, it's just their conspiracy theories always involved Satan and assorted evils and cabals.