When to believe conspiracy theory?

It's a tough one because rich and powerful people do act to seve their own interests, often in covert ways. However, that doesn't mean that any BS read from a dodgy website happens to be true. You need concrete proof to say something definite. To see something as even credible, I think there are three questions to consider before saying it might be true:

1) Would rich and powerful people benefit? (not just the one's I don't like)
2) Does it have a credible narrative.
3) Would it be worth the risk of exposure.

For example I never believed the 9-11 truther stuff because of number 3. All three are a yes to Iraq WMD. Pizzagate fails on every count, as does Cultural Marxism.

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SW-User

When you're a right-wing loser. You believe in conspiracy theories because your life sucks and it's more comforting to believe that there's an evil cabal pulling the strings and making it so that you can't succeed.

Of course there are real conspiracies. Anyone who's studied history knows they occur. But most internet-fueled conspiracy theories are of the "crap" type.

Burnley123 · 41-45, M

@SW-User Agreed. Unfortunately, this is big though. For example, there are more people who talk about Cultural Marxism than those who have read Marxism. Hence the seismic gap between understanding and reality. Right-wing Youtube in particular (looking at you Jordan Peterson) has been very effective in de-educating a huge section of people.