Saying that it is "just an evil conspiracy theory" is always just a rhetorical a way to lump it in with plainly ridiculous things like flat earth and moon landi

Saying that it is "just an evil conspiracy theory" is always just a rhetorical a way to lump it in with plainly ridiculous things like flat earth and moon landing denialism. It is done to run cover for the patently obvious efforts to enforce an end goal from the other side by making alternatives either too expensive through regulation or just flat out illegal.