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A cartoon shows four people with a speech bubble over their heads. That speech bubble has an illustration of a utopia with renewable energy being used with insects and plants being depicted as the main food source. There is a mountain peak in the center of the overall picture. On thee right are four people leaning to the left with their hands over their ear. They have a speech bubble over them, too. The illustration in their bubble is similar to the one on the left but depicted as a dystopia.

From 4chan to international politics, a bug-eating conspiracy theory goes mainstream

By: Huo Jingnan | NPR
Posted on: Monday, April 3, 2023

WASHINGTON (NPR) — In mid-March, a far-right Dutch member of parliament named Thierry Baudet tweeted “WE WILL NOT EAT THE BUGS” accompanied by a photo of himself holding a microphone… Read More

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