Well in this case neither meaning applies, since the claim that ‘X rules the world’ and also the claim that ‘conspiracy theorists are independent enough from X to be credible’ necessarily implies a lack of strong influence.
Therefore by virtue of taking the theorist seriously automatically excludes the possibility of X ruling the world, otherwise a contradiction arises.
Well in this case neither meaning applies, since the claim that ‘X rules the world’ and also the claim that ‘conspiracy theorists are independent enough from X to be credible’ necessarily implies a lack of strong influence.
Therefore by virtue of taking the theorist seriously automatically excludes the possibility of X ruling the world, otherwise a contradiction arises.