{"id":63818,"date":"2022-07-11T00:13:34","date_gmt":"2022-07-11T04:13:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/world.edu\/?p=63818"},"modified":"2022-07-26T08:49:19","modified_gmt":"2022-07-26T12:49:19","slug":"stranger-things-shows-how-conspiracy-theories-take-hold-and-do-harm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/world.edu\/stranger-things-shows-how-conspiracy-theories-take-hold-and-do-harm\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Stranger Things\u2019 shows how conspiracy theories take hold and do harm"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Stranger Things\u2019<\/em>\u00a0most recent season, which\u00a0set Netflix viewership milestones<\/a>\u00a0and had an estimated budget of\u00a0$30 million per episode<\/a>, has a subplot focused around a famed conspiracy of satanism tied to children playing\u00a0Dungeons and Dragons (DnD) in the 1980s<\/a>. And it\u2019s one that does a pretty good job mirroring the issues society has with conspiracy theory today.<\/p>\n

On the same weekend of the release of the Season Four finale of\u00a0Stranger Things<\/em>, the\u00a0so-called \u201cfreedom convoy\u201d returned to Canada\u2019s capital<\/a>\u00a0reminding us of the\u00a0conspiracy-fuelled event from February<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Stranger Things\u2019<\/em>\u00a0conspiracy leanings point out how easily influenced people can be when they are clamouring for answers during times of uncertainty, and how in order to move forward people must be open to challenging their perspectives.<\/p>\n