What is a conspiracy theory anyway? Conspiracy theories are, by definition, things that other people believe. Nobody believes in conspiracy theories, they believe that other people do.
As an old dead white Elizabethan male who invented the toilet once quipped, âTreason doth never prosper. Whatâs the reason? Why if it prospers, none dare call it treason.â Like treason, a conspiracy theory with the backing of the establishment becomes an article of faith.
Whatâs the most dangerous kind of conspiracy theory? The kind no one dares to call what it is.
Political extremism is invariably based on a set of conspiracy theories. And when the extremists take power then their conspiracy theories become establishment dogma. The dividing line is easy to spot. Extremists who arenât in power invent conspiracy theories about those who are, while extremists who are in power invent conspiracy theories about those underneath them.
The shift from conspiracies about an established upper class to conspiracies about bad ideas held by the lower classes, or from class warfare to political correctness, was also a power shift.
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