Can perceptions of economic inequalities trigger conspiratorial thinking? We provide evidence that high economic inequality may enhance conspiratorial thinking because, as a form of collective-level crisis, it undermines the social fabric of society and engenders anomie. We focus on the mechanism through which inequality should affect conspiratorial thinking by outlining how inequality enhances perceptions of anomie that, in turn, increase conspiratorial thinking. We end our contribution with the observation that it is by focusing on the socio-structural contexts that trigger conspiracy beliefs that we can more fully understand them. Specifically, conspiracy beliefs are not merely a product of individual irrationality, but are grounded in, and reflective of, the times that collectives live in.

对经济不平等的看法会引发阴谋论吗？我们提供的证据表明，高度的经济不平等可能会增强阴谋思维，因为作为一种集体层面的危机，它会破坏社会的社会结构并导致失范。我们通过概述不平等如何增强对失范的看法，进而增加阴谋思维，关注不平等影响阴谋思维的机制。我们以观察结果结束我们的贡献，即通过关注引发阴谋信念的社会结构背景，我们可以更充分地理解它们。具体来说，阴谋信念不仅是个人非理性的产物，而且是基于和反映集体生活的时代。