Conspiracy theories are the orderly consolations of a disordered mind. The greater the confusion of “narratives,” the greater the need for the clarity of a narrative arc. While popular subnarratives multiply through the internet, the meta-narrative of our times is being deflected and confounded. The overarching narrative of “progress” and the global triumph of American liberalism is not concluding in the 1990s dream of perpetual peace in a “flat” world. We are crash-landing in the harsh terrain of the Old World: Asian empires, broken borders, spheres of influence, and balances of power.
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