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Exactly this. Example: Operation Iraqi Freedom was predicated on a government conspiracy that Saddam Hussein had nukes.

• im3w1l 7y ago
  And the problem with the > rise of the conspiracy theory narrative is that history is full of really bad conspiracy theories. Stuff like George W. Bush personally riding in on a pegasus and finding the nukes but just as he was going to take them a thousand demons appeared and spirited the nukes away, conclusively proving Hussein's covenant with the devil.
  • thefounder 7y ago
    >> George W. Bush personally riding in on a pegasus Wtf? People who believe this stuff should have no say on elections
    • im3w1l 7y ago
      I wanted to juxtapose the modern context with what people were fell for in the past.
  • Kaiyou 7y ago
    Mostly circulated by the same crowd that invented the term "conspiracy theory" to discredit the people researching and trying to reveal real conspiracies.