I was always wondering, to what extent this conspiracy theories actually work in reality. I mean, sure there's a conspiracy, but is it like total control with a

I was always wondering, to what extent this conspiracy theories actually work in reality. I mean, sure there's a conspiracy, but is it like total control with a very strict understanding of what people's lives should look like (as in "They Live") or is it actually decentralized and not really scary. It's very important, because it defines the means it should be fight with and actually the need of this fight at all. And I still can't figure this out, because just when it seems it's a huge very secret and organized conspiracy I start to think of how dumb people actually are and how really hard would it be for them to build a system like that.