It's the fact that people are actively working to make those economic, social, demographic, etc. problems worse. Not merely resisting solutions that don't favor

It's the fact that people are actively working to make those economic, social, demographic, etc. problems worse. Not merely resisting solutions that don't favor them, but seeking ways to make people's lives worse even without benefit to themselves. The conspiracy theories are not merely gullible or greedy. They are actively choosing to be cruel. Gullibility can be taught; greedy can be negotiated. I have no tools for mitigating the craving for cruelty.