Unless they were actually at "war" shooting guns and killing people, groups of people using non-violent means to achieve an end is politics. One of Carl von Cla

Unless they were actually at "war" shooting guns and killing people, groups of people using non-violent means to achieve an end is politics. One of Carl von Clausewitz most famous quotes is "Der Krieg ist eine bloße Fortsetzung der Politik mit anderen Mitteln" or "War is merely the continuation of politics by other means". A conspiracy is just a group of people working towards a goal and keeping most of their actions secret, i.e. many groups.