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achughes · 4129 days ago · link · · parent · post: Conspiracy theories: the science behind belief in secret plots
I think its because conspiracy theories organize the world into common enemies, enemies that act against anything and everything. By simplifying the world into a small ring of "bad" people its easy to explain why bad things happen, and why getting rid of these enemies would make the world a better place. Ultimately its an attempt to put the world into a box, a more rational place, where the good guys and the bad guys don't get all mixed up.