Theologian Robert Jewett and philosopher John Shelton Lawrence attribute the enduring popularity of conspiracy theories in the U.S. to the Cold War , McCarthyism , and counterculture rejection of authority . They state that among both the left-wing and right-wing , there remains a willingness to use real events , such as Soviet plots , inconsistencies in the Warren Report , and the 9/11 attacks , to support the existence of unverified and ongoing large-scale conspiracies
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