# Future of the MAGA movement **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [September 11, 2022, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/future-of-the-maga-movement/971401 "2022-09-11T20:06:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 26
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/future-of-the-maga-movement/971401/26 "2022-09-12T17:56:57Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > At its heart, MAGA is fundamentally a Conspiracy Theory. > … That is a very interesting and illuminating take on it. What that presages for the country’s future when a large fraction of supporters of one party are on the CT spectrum, if not on the CT extremes, boggles the mind. There’s some interesting conversation about generalized CT thinking in this other current thread: > [@Advice on getting conspiracy-theorist mother to accept people's credentials a bit more](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-getting-conspiracy-theorist-mother-to-accept-peoples-credentials-a-bit-more/971402): > > I’ve posted before here about some issues with my mother, who is a wild conspiracy theorist. I won’t write a super-long post about her conspiracy beliefs. What would help, though, is if she could accept people who have credentials on the matter. But she refuses to, especially if it’s family members. One of my brothers is a doctor, but she won’t believe his word about vaccines. My other brother is a CPA and financial analyst, but instead my mother’s opinions about finance always must reign sup… When CT-believerism becomes common enough, the inmates _will_ take over the ayslum. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/future-of-the-maga-movement/971401)._