The dark psychology behind right wing conspiracy theories

Intro 

My guest is Csaba Borzasi. He’s an online marketer (sells people stuff with the written word) and a former conspiracy theorist.

Episode Summary

In this episode, my guest and I talk about psychological tactics used by right-wing influencers to create conspiracy theories that spread like wildfire online.

Quotes We Loved

Conspiracy Theories and Feeling Alone: “I think this is one of the catalysts that brings people into the world of conspiracy theories because I felt like, yes. The world doesn’t understand me, and I wanna understand the world better.”— Csaba Borzási [00:04:03 → 00:04:13]Conspiracy Theories: “I always knew there was something fishy about this. Yep. I always knew there was something fishy, and now this is the real truth that somebody has been keeping from me.”— Csaba Borzási [00:05:44 → 00:05:54]The Importance of Mental Health Awareness: “I realized that lots of people around me are alcoholics or depressed, but it’s just considered normal because it’s like, hey. This is what people do. Right?”— Csaba Borzási [00:08:36 → 00:08:44]Conspiracy theories and rebellion: “But in terms of emotions, of course, just like you said, I felt felt like an outsider. I felt like a black sheep. I felt I was very anxious when I was a teen. I had long hair as well. I got sucked into the rocker culture as well, which, again, correlates very closely with lots of right wingers and conspiracy theories.”— Csaba Borzási [00:10:39 → 00:11:26]The Power of Populism: “The reason why he’s doing it, the reason why Joe Rogan has turned super right wing, the reason why even, like, Jordan Peterson who used to look up to really, like, a lot…The reason why they’re doing that is because this type of messaging converts way better than reason-based change.”— Csaba Borzási [00:26:27 → 00:26:37]Awakening to the Deception: “Dude, what if these con people like Alex Jones and David Icke, they are the ones who are lying to me because they wanna exploit my attention.”— Csaba Borzási [00:29:17 → 00:29:22]Reptilian People and Hungarian Lineage: “And there was Atlantis and the Hungarians are actually the descendants of the atlanteans.  Like, of course, I have this knowledge because I’m part I’m part of this lineage.”— Csaba Borzási [00:33:22 → 00:33:30]Right wing russian propaganda: “The methodology behind certain manipulation techniques…right wingers use it much more consistently…there was this thing called operation infection…precisely to destabilize the west…Russian propaganda and the right wing groups…realized that, hey, this gets more attention. It gets us more power, money and most importantly, rabid followers…Look at Trumpers. I mean, it’s just wild…no matter what he does, they would still forgive him. It’s like, oh, but that child was like a QAnon demon or something.”— Csaba Borzási [00:39:13 → 00:39:17]Neuroplastic Belief Shifting Method: “But, I think it’s a great prototype to basically sell any idea to anyone and shift their beliefs In fact, get them to convince themselves, to establish a new— Csaba Borzási [00:40:48 → 00:41:02]Conspiracy Theories and the pursuit of truth: “So for me, it’s to get the clutter out and to find the source of the truth if that’s possible.”— Csaba Borzási [00:42:23 → 00:42:30]

Guest Bio & Links

If you’re interested in learning how to sell things online via the written word, check out Csaba’s website:

https://gameofconversions.com/copywriting-secrets

Here’s the video playlist we mentioned on the podcast. This is a video of Csaba breaking down the best selling products sold via direct mail and direct response copywriting: