The term "conspiracy theory" seems to have become overloaded due to so much well documented conspiracy FACT, which remains only "theory" to the willfully ignorant. Gatto's work is the tip of the iceberg when it comes to how people have been dumbed-down and brainwashed, in what ways, by whom, and for what purposes.
This overload I think is partly why "fake news" became the favored label of dismissal by mainstream media.
The study of conspiracy theory is mostly a study of how people are being lied to, the term being used as a way do ridicule or dismiss a theory (or unwanted discovery of truth) without addressing any evidence for it. There are notable exceptions, such as the flat earth movement and a million crazy theories, for instance about ETs, which I'm sure largely serve to help discredit anything that the media decides to throw under the "conspiracy theory" (or "fake news") umbrella.
Because it's difficult to suppress information in the age of information, the lines between fact and fiction are being deliberately obscured by a relentless dis-info blitz.
This is where critical thinking comes in, keeping a healthy skepticism when evidence is scant, (as well as calling out the blatant dis-logic such as the "evidence" put forth for the flat earth theory), but also being willing to take in information and process it to its logical conclusions when there IS valid evidence, even if those conclusions are at odds with previously held beliefs.
In so many cases, I would say the majority of what gets labeled as "conspiracy theory" or "fake news" by the media, there is ample evidence to support the "theory", often to the point of proving it beyond a reasonable doubt, but even so, most people will believe the sound bites of some perceived authority like a mainstream media news outlet, a politician, "reptuable scientist" etc., and will refuse to even look at anything that receives a dismissive label by those authorities.
Of course the CIA killed JFK, 911 was an inside job, vaccines, GMO food, and fluoridated water, are for depopulation, creating lifetime customers of big pharma, and mass distribution of neurotoxins to facilitate a dumbed-down and docile population with little potential for activation of higher consciousness, anthropogenic "global warming" is a hoax. The "health care" system is also designed to fleece the public... like the taxation, corporatism, and inflationary fiat currency it is based upon. Democracy is the ritualized sacrifice of conscience. The government has illegally kidnapped, tortured, and experimented upon thousands (including its own citizens and soldiers) in the most brutal of ways imaginable, including many children. Energy should be nearly free except for artificial scarcity by technology suppression and government regulation.
The conspiracy is driven by a cult engaging regularly in satanic ritual abuse, pedophilia, and human trafficking.
The problem is people find it easy and convenient to dismiss these "theories" without doing hardly a modicum of research into their basis.
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