# Want to understand... #3 Conspiracy theories
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Today I just want to talk to you about some conspiracy theories. A conspiracy theory (also called plot theory) suggests giving a vision of the history perceived as the product of the action of an occult group acting in the shadow. It is more than a simple rumor. It is about a theoretical narrative which claims itself coherent and tries to demonstrate the existence of a plot understood as the fact that a small group of powerful people coordinates in secret to plan and undertake an illegal and fatal action affecting the course of events. And even if official and scientific arguments break these stories, conspiracy theorists and people who believe in them will also try to find arguments to break those scientific arguments.
It is a phenomenon way more expanded than you think: for example, around 80% of French people believe in at least one conspiracy theory, and this number is increasing in these last years, with this wave of attacks everywhere in the world. For example, more than one half of the French population believes that the French government is in cahoots with the pharmaceutical industry to hide from the general public the reality on the harmfulness of vaccines and that the CIA has something to do with the assassination of John F. Kennedy. It is almost the same numbers for America.
People who believe in conspiracy theories have the tendency to think that all the historic events happen for a reason and that they are all linked (in a hidden way). Generally, they convey a hatred of power and of the elites. According to them, these elites would try to manipulate the populations, to allow them to keep the power. States begin to teach more and more people about these theories.
Conspiracy theories arrive when people feel like they are not in control of what happens. And clearly, a lot of people are not interested in politics, and in that way, they do not understand what is truly happening. Of course, governments and secret services hide a lot of things to us, but I think normal that everybody does not have access to all the state's secrets. I give you a few examples (I have tried to not take the most famous) to help you better understand the concept! But if you are interested in it, do not hesitate to make your own research, some conspiracy theories are really illogical and it is worth going to see!
Some examples
Russia
Conspiracy theories can also be conveyed by some states: for example, the well-known (and I think official) media "Russia Today" has shared an article from Sputnik which described in one of its articles: "the Holodomor Hoax". They describe it like a lie created by the "West propaganda machine" in the 30's by the West powers, supported by Nazi and pro-Ukrainian, in their fight against socialism and communism. You can easily find that article on the web if you are interested! In all their article, they try to demonstrate why and how West powers have issued those assumptions.
Obama
A conspiracy theory studies the fact that Obama was not an American, but is, in fact, a Muslim arrived in the US in connection with the Islamic jihad. They try in that way to discredit him. Even Donald Trump reuses this theory! Another big problem in conspiracy theories is that they cannot accept to be refuted: for example, when Obama gave his full-length birth certificate to make them shut, they did not want to believe him.
Lizards ruling the world
There is that idea that the top echelon of the world power is in fact composed by shape-shifting reptilians aliens, who have been ruling humans to make them into mindless slaves for their own purposes. In 2013, 12 millions of the US population thought that it was true! That is in part based on the Bible.
So OK, maybe you don't have to believe in anything the media bring to you but don't forget to stay critical when you receive any information. A good way to resolve this huge problem of conspiracy theories interest by people is mostly through education!
I hope this article pleased you!
politician are just a puppet, the one who controls them are rich elite, the one who sits on top of the pyramid .
I would take everything with a grain of salt after all there is no smoke without fire.
Very good post, I love conspiracy theories so much! I always watching a 'worldtruth.tv' channel. They have very good information.
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Great Post!
Education is key. I recommend "Regulation school" to anybody who wants to understand how power works.
well said. not the education you are taught at school college or uni. education is were your mind questions everything.
You know I think this is just a result of the environment in which people are raised, I don't know if this holds true for all places or in fact for big cities, but I grew up in a small town, and of course there was no internet, newspapers used to arrive in the afternoon, so news was what you heard on the radio. Well in this small town there were conspiracy theories of all sorts for example that the richest man in town had a pact with the devil and that was why he was rich, even though this guy used to get up to work at 4:00 am and was mean even with what he ate, which is a good enough reason to be rich, but it seems people don't want to believe what they don't understand or don't like, thus they are easy prey for all con men who spout any nonsense. Not that I'm saying all conspiracy theories are crazy, most of them have some sort of reason to appear and maybe a small part of them are even true.
you are spot on. big cities like in London where i am no chance. just like any other city. but you know what it means when they say folklore. its usually brutal truth we call it superstitious or mental issues in the cities.
when they say you sold your soul means actually that. not a Disney remake cartoon fantasy
Conspiracy theories are an important part of the human existence I think. So many of us want to believe that there is a hidden hand. Ti is the same effect that makes religions so prevalent. Conspiracy theories need a basis in fact in order to take off and so it always starts with a big idea and just keeps getting bigger. I think about the "Moon Hoax" and aliens landed and we are hiding them in plain sight. They provide a way for people to get together on something and gossip about things out of their control but that they are constantly looking for an answer to. But sometimes they are actually real. An example is that I used to have a friend telling me that the US was listening in on everyone's phone calls. I thought that was simply not only not happening it was also not possible. Then along came Edward Snowden and voila. Conspiracy theory confirmed. I guess a broken click is right twice a day. And maybe there are aliens among us. In fact can you please post your birth certificate just so I can be sure you were born on this planet? Thanks ad great post.
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