It's a conspiracy i tells ya...

 Conspiracy----Any concurrence in action.Combination in bringing about a given result.

When i was a callow youth parties were frequented in dank,cold flats stinking of tabs,cheap cider,farts and smelly socks.Invariably it was mostly blokes and invariably the talk got round to all sorts of wild theories concerning those in power but in truth even though we'd hot knived enough Leb Black to knock Bob Marley on his arse we all knew we were mostly talking absolute bollocks but it was a good laugh...these days conspiracy theories are anything but a good laugh.

Even if we don't admit it to ourselves nearly all of us like to think we're smarter than the average Joe,more savvy,more in the know but we temper those thoughts,we reign in our inner monologue to deal with the everyday but conspiracy theorists don't,or can't, and that's where the whole crux of many conspiracy theories come in.The idea that you've worked out the inner workings of clandestine government operations and thus are more than a mere drone is very persuasive.It gives you a grandiose feeling of superiority over those you percieve to be part of the common herd,those you percieve as below you on an intellectual level.Mere "Sheeple" if you will...

Of course conspiracies have happened,are happening and will continue to happen.I'd suggest most political killings have an element of conspiracy involved in the purest sense of the word.If more than one person decides to murder a political opponent then that's a conspiracy.Sometimes it's called terrorism but if cooperative governments are involved it's called "Procedure".Probably the biggest inter governmental conspiracy ever was the Wannsee Conference held just outside Berlin early in 1942 where the plans for the liquidation of the Jews were rubber stamped by high ranking Nazi officials.There's even a film made about it called "Conspiracy" Ironically many conspiracy theorists are now Holocaust deniers thus bringing the whole thing full circle...

We can all laugh at flat earthers,it's an easy thing to do, especially as they continue to tie themselves up in knots concocting ever elaborate theories trying to deny the rudiments of physics.Trying to convince us,and themselves probably,that the whole of the universe is some construct by NASA to...well i don't know what they think NASA gains from this.In their version of the world or in ours NASA would exist no matter what...the thing is we've all gone down the rabbit hole on occassions especially whilst flicking through You Tube videos and especially in these times of enforced lockdowns and for many of us that's fine because we come out the other side unscathed albeit a little shaken.However for some they never come back unsullied by the experience.They are susceptible and thus they're open to be moulded into a certain political agenda by those that would pray on their weakness...and not only is this not funny it's also dangerous...

It's dangerous because the political extreme right have used these platforms to reel those people in to their world view and people are now dying because of it...it's fair to say the extreme right have manipulated social media to their own ends with great effect...they're pushing anti vaccination,anti masks,anti compliance with pandemic rules etc with the aim of distabilising society.They have pushed QAnon to a point where some believers commited murder. I doubt if those behind the online conspiracies believe the tripe they're uploading but that does'nt matter because it serves a purpose for them.This has gone beyond David Ike being seen as a figure of fun and a failed footballer to him selling countless millions of books and filling out 30,000 capacity stadiums to spout his foolish bullshit which people are swallowing up like hyper active five year olds do M & M's... it's taken on a seemingly unstopable life of it's own whereby some are hoodwinked into being a danger to themselves and others... and that my friends is my own conspiracy theory.