For the election fraud conspiracy theories being spread about Los Angeles to be true, there ...
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Election fraud conspiracy theories about Los Angeles reveal how motivated reasoning leads people to ignore the sheer scale of coordination that would be required for a cover-up.
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Theory Briefing
- Yashar Ali's viral reminder points out that LA election fraud claims would require an implausibly massive, coordinated conspiracy to be true.
- The argument mirrors the 'conspiracy scale' principle — the more people required to keep a secret, the less credible the theory becomes.
- Motivated reasoning drives believers to accept extraordinary claims without weighing the logistical impossibility of the alleged cover-up.