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Names: Neiwert, David A., 1956– author.

Title: Red pill, blue pill : how to counteract the conspiracy theories that are killing us / David Neiwert.

Description: Lanham, MD : Prometheus Books, [2020] | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Summary: “A revealing trip down the rabbit hole of conspiracy theories-their appeal, who believes them, how they spread-with an eye to helping people deal with the alt-right conspiracists in their own lives. Conspiracy theories are killing us”— Provided by publisher.

Identifiers: LCCN 2020005105 (print) | LCCN 2020005106 (ebook) | ISBN 9781633886261 (cloth) | ISBN 9781633886278 (epub)

Subjects: LCSH: Conspiracy theories—United States. | Conspiracy theories—Political aspects—United States. | Right-wing extremists—United States—Psychology. | Radicalism—United States. | Political culture—United States. | United States—Politics and government—1989-

Classification: LCC HV6275 .N45 2020 (print) | LCC HV6275 (ebook) | DDC 001.9—dc23

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