Relentless posted:

The most rational explanation I've heard on why conspiracy theorists are so diehard (and common) is actually a psychological point of view.

For some people, the thought that random terrible poo poo happens is scarier than an evil shadow government controlling everything. The evil shadow government theory means that somebody is in charge. They might be dicks, but somebody, somewhere, has control of the situation.

The reality that no, sometimes terrible poo poo happens to good people for no goddamn reason at all is so terrifying to them that they choose to believe or even make up conspiracies.

Anybody who falls into that category is also pretty much immune against the best logic against conspiracy theories, Occam's Razor.

It's a mental self defense method that just happens to be super loving annoying on Facebook.