If you're referring to my post, I don't think "conspiracy" is the right word. The "extend" part of "embrace, extend, extinguish" is just due to them having a so

If you're referring to my post, I don't think "conspiracy" is the right word. The "extend" part of "embrace, extend, extinguish" is just due to them having a somewhat insular culture that doesn't make use of upstream. You can be an entirely good person and do "embrace, extend". You're probably not the one making the decisions to extinguish.