Which Political Party Talked About A Plot Against Liberty?

The colonial rejection of the Tea Act, particularly the destruction of the tea in Boston Harbor, recast the decade-long argument between British colonists and the home government as an intolerable conspiracy against them. Liberal conspiracy theories about Trump and Corbyn are simplistic and fallacious because they often ignore wider economic and political factors. The 19th-century Know Nothing Party launched a nativist movement, causing a shift in American politics. Six decades ago, Reagan, Sen. Barry Goldwater, conservative writer William F. Buckley Jr., and others in the GOP backed away from the conspiracy theories peddled by the leader of the Know Nothing party.

Various patriot movement aligned groups have been described as racist, xenophobic, extremist, antisemitic, anti-Islam, anti-immigrant, and violent by groups. Populist leaders attack “enemies of the people” in moralistic terms, as corrupt, self-seeking, and given to conspiracies against ordinary citizens, often in collaboration with foreigners. American revolutionaries viewed English actions from 1767-1772 with suspicion and read in British policy a systematic conspiracy against their liberties.

Conspiration has been a key component of the politics of both governors and governed over the preceding decade and examines its rhetorical and tactical uses. Empirical findings reveal that conspiracy theories are associated with populist political movements and that they differ from concrete conspiracy beliefs in that they tap into the general propensity to suspect conspiracies are at play.

Federalism was born in 1787 when Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison wrote 85 essays collectively known as the Federalist papers. Liberal commentators frequently condemn conspiracy theories that threaten public safety. The US mainstream media exploded in 2016 when an explosion of conspiracy theories emerged. Over 55 of Americans believe in at least one conspiracy theory about the Iraq War, 9/11, Barack Obama’s birthplace, the 2008 financial crisis, and “chemtrails”.