Yep, science suggests you pile a shopping trolley chockablock with needs and you have a conservative attracted to conspiracy theories:
"So, our conspiracy theory minded trolls exhibit in their posts a combination of fear, feelings of powerlessness, isolation and vulnerability, a need for control, a need to feel smarter or superior to others and personal agendas from which they see benefits. Lotta f'ing mental baggage for sure."
And that's if there is no pathology present. There is obvious overlap, but toss in a need to be part of a group to ease the feelings of fear, of powerlessness, isolation and vulnerability A sense of belonging too, thanks to the power of numbers, helps one to feel smarter and more powerful than others, all leading to a feeling of being more in control. Toss in other personal benefits seen from pushing any conspiracy and you can have quite a needy personal position.
Nice compilation of yours. A little list
feelings of fear isolation vulnerability powerlessness inferiority lack of control and belonging
is often useful too.
"“They want to be the enlightened, insightful ones … and even in the face of contradictory evidence, it becomes a point of pride – they don’t want to admit they were wrong, because it’s embarrassing.”"
They want to feel special. To believe you are part of a select group helps to alleviate so many degrees of unhealthy need.
It is also suggested that those burdened by unhealthy need tend to become more selfish too. It makes sense that if you live in doubt you're unlikely to be thinking as much of others than you might otherwise.
Scientific information leads to understanding. The article again:
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