I think conspiracy theories are comforting. Most conspiracies involve the government. In the modern world, our government leadership doesn’t stand for anything or serve any higher purpose, at best they stand stand for non-things (i.e., freedom and democracy, which are essentially constraints imposed on government). For many people it’s more comforting to think that their government is malevolent than to face the reality that it’s a powerless, directionless bureaucracy.
I think conspiracy theories are comforting. Most conspiracies involve the government. In the modern world, our government leadership doesn’t stand for anything or serve any higher purpose, at best they stand stand for non-things (i.e., freedom and democracy, which are essentially constraints imposed on government). For many people it’s more comforting to think that their government is malevolent than to face the reality that it’s a powerless, directionless bureaucracy.