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RE: Propaganda, alternative media, conspiracy theories, and the search for truth
Conspiracy theories are simply any series of historical events that don't agree with the "official" version, that is, the government version. The Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact is the greatest proof of that.
If a Soviet claimed that his government pact with the Nazis, then no one was believed, now we know that it is true but before they did not admit it. To say that the Soviets and the Germans pact in 1939 would be, with all the letters, to believe in a conspiracy theory.
Not all conspiracy theories are true, but not all official history is true either.
Court Historians will always remain a problem. We have our hagiographic biographies of political saints in the US whitewashing their sins just like anywhere else.