All three of those in the top-level comment are very much "look at the mysterious cabal that controls us using magic technology" vs "look at the obvious and well-documented cabal that controls us in the open" (using money, media and state power)

I do think it's probably time to retire "conspiracy theorist" though. There are conspiracies out there and they generally get away with it. The aforementioned media control uses the wacky conspiracies to discredit the real ones right in front of our faces, I don't think we should play into that

[–] Bronzor@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Fair point, but there are certain conspiracies that just flood the zone. If anything I feel they aid the very intitutions they try to fight against.

However, I also do not want to participate in the constant barrage of mudslinging our media throws at working people endlessly. At the end of the day if it gets people hating the right institutions for the right reasons 🤷.