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Alongside the flat-earthers, 9/11 truthers and Obama birthers, the anti-vaccine conspiracy theorists have always had a special distinction: They can do immediate and specific damage in a way that the others can’t.

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The idea of social realist art and of Marxist journalism was that: ‘We’re going to tell people not what things were like, but what they should be like, and what they will be like, and we’ll get them to keep focusing on the future.’

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Birtherism surely increased Americans’ distrust of politics, though in ways that are hard to pin down. By contrast, when anti-vaxxers persuade parents not to vaccinate children, the result can be sickness and even death.

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April 21, 2024

Birtherism surely increased Americans’ distrust of politics, though in ways that are hard to pin down. By contrast, when anti-vaxxers persuade parents not to vaccinate children, the result can be sickness and even death.

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April 21, 2024

The idea of social realist art and of Marxist journalism was that: ‘We’re going to tell people not what things were like, but what they should be like, and what they will be like, and we’ll get them to keep focusing on the future.’

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