"That is a conspiracy theory." You could call it that, but to be clear I don't think these people got together and planned this out in advance, I think a confl

"That is a conspiracy theory." You could call it that, but to be clear I don't think these people got together and planned this out in advance, I think a confluence of events occurred that resulted in a situation which was beneficial to them and now they act (perhaps even in a mostly non-coordinated way) to maintain and strengthen it... rather predictably.