Of the groups studied who spread conspiracies they don't actually believe, the author missed one trait I believe exists among commercial conspiracists, common c

Of the groups studied who spread conspiracies they don't actually believe, the author missed one trait I believe exists among commercial conspiracists, common conspiracists, and trolls - A strong belief in pessimistic nihilism, either conscious or unconscious. A belief in nihilism is not at all the same as being a proponent of nihilism. In fact, one cannot practically be against nihilism without believing it exists in the world. Truth needs to exist for life to have meaning. If you perceive that truth is being fundamentally undermined, then by extension, the lives people live are deficient in meaning. I could just be projecting, but I believe deep pessimism about life is a rational explanation for conspiracists who promote views that they themselves don't believe. How else could someone have such fundamental levels of cognitive dissonance (not acting with directly malicious intent)?