> "that the conspiracy will turn against itself in self-defense, clamping down on its own information flows in ways that will then impede its own cognitive func

> "that the conspiracy will turn against itself in self-defense, clamping down on its own information flows in ways that will then impede its own cognitive function. You destroy the conspiracy, in other words, by making it so paranoid of itself that it can no longer conspire" This was probably one of the big reasons USSR fell apart. The attempt to make everything secret made discussing real problems very difficult. This may work.... Of course, the other serious question if nation states as we know can exist without conspiracies and if we would be better without them.