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In my country, basically everyone accepts climate change, except perhaps the most conservative and those who already believe in conspiracy theories. What is going on in the US?
Those who believe in conspiracy theories have become our conservative party. Some (myself included) would argue they've always been there or that that's always been the nature of the republican party. But the important thing here in the modern day is that the conspiracy theorists now control half of the country's political system.
I'm personally of the opinion that conspiracy theory is the result of a fundamental unwillingness or inability to engage with reality. If that is the case then why on earth would you choose to believe in climate change? It's scary, and an existential threat to humanity if it's taken seriously. Besides, theres a lot of money to be made burning the planet.
I think at the end of the day that's what the American right's denial of climate change boils down to. Everyone in that party participates in some way in denying reality in favor of a collective fantasy. What's one more denial?