I think most conspiracy theorists have a distorted view of how the world works. They ascribe malicious intent and causality to things that seem to them too big to be coincidence, that fit their narrative too perfectly to be ignored. But the answer is simpler, but maybe harder to explain.

The answer is that the events in question may actually be occuring (population control through vaccines, GMO and mass migration, to take a few related examples) without it actually being guided and plotted by a room of cigar-smoking villains. Life guides and sorts people into baskets, based on their interests, mindsets and beliefs. This makes it possible for hundreds of employees of a big corporation to commit crimes and get away with it, without the CEO ever needing to order, instigate or protect the conspiracy. This makes it possible for the sunscreen-industrial complex (lol!) to peddle their miracle sun protection without doctors ever seeing or asking for evidence of its beneficial effects.

I believe hundreds of US congressmen and senators are complicit in the 9/11 coverup, but I don't believe anyone actually had to tell them to coverup anything. Human nature did that. And it isn't hard for me to believe that people in government can ignore chemtrails, even if they know their harmful effects. Human nature does that.

Birds of a feather flock together...life is merely a series of unconscious conspiracies:)

You are obviously one them! Logic or Science are just other ways you control us, but you won't fool me, I'm already building the world's biggest tin foil hat and when it'll be ready I will reveal the truth to the world!

Interesting take on conspiracies, I always say question everything the government tells you these days. Hell, conspiracies may actually help hide the nefarious doings in plain sight.

That's it confirmed then. @kyriacos is an illuminati, zionist reptilian shapeshifter sent to infiltrate Steemit and report back to his Bilderberg buddies

Great article.  I like articles that make people think.  It's good to question everything and not take things for granted.  And I don't know all the whys myself...nobody does.   Each person has to look at both sides and figure out what they want to believe.  But like the alternative medicine you mentioned, conventional medicine would have you believe that you can treat cancer with agents that are known to cause cancer, i.e. Chemo and radiation.  Now any logical thinking person would say thats stupid.  Why would I try to treat cancer with something that causes cancer.  But millions do every year cause they do what the doctor tells them and they don't think for them selves.  There are proven natural cures for cancer that don't have the devastating affects on the body that chemo and radiation have.  To each his own but we all need to think for ourselves. Thanks for the article.

This is so true. People tend to believe anything they're told and just "go with the crowd." I know there's some stuff going on, but to believe there are all of those conspiracies, that's just ridiculous. Do some research, make a sound judgement, THEN you can decide what's real and what's not. Thanks for sharing :)

The key question here is "Why are you so special?" :D

In my opinion, people finding excuses to shut their brains off an ignore obvious contradictions around them is a much greater problem than people with overactive imaginations. I found this post rather disheartening and had a very distinct feeling of self satisfying "intellectual" virtue signalling to it. This is interesting because your standards fall subject to most of the same criticism you point out here.

Im a conspiracy factualist, and the vatican and its Jesuits are working to take your sovrienty daily.. Someone try and prove me wrong.

You should have included on where the words "conspiracy theorist" comes from.. a cia counter play to the Jfk buliding belief that the government was involded in his death. This is fully declassified and the documents are readily available. Also search for "Opperation Northwood" declassified documents about the plan in the 70's to crash plans into USA buildings and blame it on the Cuban government. I have extensive reserch on chemtrails, its about tracking and griding. The elites have axcess to plenty that we dont and we all know it... Its all there, so im sorry for the lazy people that want to live in a delusional perception, instead of black and white declassified written facts. Good luck

If you are stupid enough to cheat on your girlfriend/wife, and they find out, they will then accuse or suspect you of cheating on them with all sorts of people that you are not cheating on them with.  They will come bustling over every single time you are talking to any woman and start to act territorial.

Why?

Because you destroyed their trust.  Once they realize something is possible, they start to try to see the pattern before it comes around to bite them in the butt.  And yes, that means that they will jump at every little thing that is actually nothing, but that's because you made them jumpy.

Centralized government made us jumpy by doing all sorts of nefarious crap behind our backs.  As we find out, it is only natural for us to distrust them and start to think that they are doing all sorts of things that they actually are not.  That's how our minds work.

Buffalo Springfield from "For What It's Worth":

Paranoia strikes deep
Into your life it will creep
It starts when you're always afraid
Step out of line, the men come and take you away

Worth listening to for a minute:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gp5JCrSXkJY

Paranoia on the part of the community is part of the healing process.  Whether leaders can regain our trust depends mostly on them, but some on us to make sure we are not over reacting.

I heart this subject.   There are some obvious conspiracies at work, but people are easily distracted by red herrings and few are able to discern what truly affects them in a tangible way.  Here's one:  Monsanto/Bayer/Dow/ADM et al.  bribe government officials to circumvent testing and legal structures regulating the health and safety of agrochemicals and GMOs.  Thus those companies not only get to sell more of their sketchy products, but they get government subsidies as well.  Double dipping and giving folks cancer at the same time.  Evil genius :\

"jungle 2.0 we call society." I'm stealing this :P

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 Thats why I wear a rubber hat! tin foil does not work,in fact it would help to boost there signal....  rabbit ears and aluminum foil!  ...lol...
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need to market a Faraday cage hat!..lol...
Lemming following the herd,and off the cliff they go,1,2,10,20,..oh my!..
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namaste!

Funny photo. I hate governments!

A conspiracy theorist is just a clever man who does not accept what he is told to think. Instead he tries to think rationally do his own research and come to his own conclusions about reported events. You can also go bat shit crazy if you have the propensity for psychotic breaks. lol

excellent post!
new follower+upvoted+resteemed

When people's imaginations are freed of the boundaries of reason, I'm afraid well thought out articles like this one won't help. I don't have an answer.

Steemit needs more of this.

THe governments are puppets of the Dark shadow 
elite banksters check this out !
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6X_xB1JJ_Es

Great post! While I appreciate Conspiracy theories as a reminder that we only have a limited view of what is going on, all too often they end up as a fertile  feeding ground for biases and neurosis

Conspiracies, Conspiracies ,Conspiracies  everywhere... Reality of our world..hopefully crypto currencies change something. This could be the start of a new beginning. Cheers!

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