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Stephen Kinzer: “It has to do with the disassociation between what we say we…”

Featuring: Stephen Kinzer, Critic of interventionist U.S. foreign policy | Senior Fellow at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs | National

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I would just like to reiterate something that I said in response to your earlier question, and that is that there's a reason why conspiracy theories are so widespread in America. It has to do with the disassociation between what we say we are and do and what we really are and do. This has become more and more clear to more and more people. Therefore, they're suspicious of nefarious dealings by the US and they're also suspicious of other things that aren't nefarious at all. (03:16–03:23)

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Asserts that the spread of conspiracy theories is linked to a disassociation between America's stated and actual actions.

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