Why is conspiracy thinking insane?
Conspiracy thinking is dangerous because it does not correctly associate blame, and in doing so, has people fighting a chimera they can never defeat while ignoring real problems. It is a form of scapegoating, where we identify a conscious evil entity instead of the actual enemy, which is a system design that institutes radical evil, or the mundane form of accepted ways of doing things that produces negative results by its lack of realism. Common conspiracy targets are the military-industrial complex, “The Jew,” the Masons, the Media, the Christian right, multinational corporations, and so on. These are more correctly referred to as “lobbies,” or those who influence politics indirectly with money and favors and mass mobilization through media, and when they are successful as “oligarchs,” or those who manipulate from behind the scenes with money and power and social influence. However, lobbies and oligarchs did not create the system as it is, nor do they control it, although they have po
