It's rampant in the human herd. It's a plague, a pestilence. Disinformation, mistrust, and grand conspiracy-thinking clouds humanity's collective mind. It's a hall of mirrors, bounded by mirrors.
Conspiracy thinking has been with us for a long time. I think about the "God Conspiracy," you know it's been with us since early man. The God (or Gods) conspiracy tells us there is an all-powerful being or group of beings who started the whole shebang ticking, like a wind-up top, a mysterious coterie of deities that are so mysterious, we are never sure whether he, she, or they, really exist.
Good shit, or bad shit happens and we want to credit or blame someone, God or Demon? Yes, there are the dark deities too. Are these players passive, just sitting back watching the show, or are they active puppet masters? Do they once in awhile weigh in, push events along, test the human herd to see how we all react under pressure?
Is the Universe one grand playground for Gods and Demons? Are we just like little chess pieces?
Deities of all kinds: All powerful, all judging, grand creators, responsible for every grain of sand, every leaf on the trees, every little insect, and every last being in the Universe. More powerful than Bill Gates, or George Soros. More powerful than some shadowy group of devious capitalists running things behind the curtain. The Grand OZ has nothing on the Gods.
Yikes. All powerful. All knowing. Now that's a freaking conspiracy you can sink your teeth into...