How do conspiracy theories get started and why do so many people believe them?

I have had long talks with my apartment manager who believes several conspiracy theories as fact. While I respect her opinions, some of her ideas border on lunacy. Is it possible that President Biden does not live in the White House? She thinks he travels from another residence for all his appearances. She showed me a picture taken in the White House of something showing 2017- for President Trump's term. Her conclusion is that Donald Trump is still President of the United States.

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MethDozer · M

Idiots love to imagine that they have priviledge to some secret knowledge and are this small minority that have it all figured out. Basically they can't deal with the fact that nobody really knows exactly what is going on. So they glom onto or invent these fantastic ideas of esoteric explenations out of comfort. It gives them feeling of being in some sort of control.