Agree. Thinking that all is a very sophisticated conspiracy requires too many assumptions abd giving those people too much intellectual credit. Mostly people act aligned due to the system, culture and incentives in place, which looks like coordinated for outsiders.
Not saying that there are no smart people that can pull off conspiracies, but not all the time, for a long time.
It's extremely hard to maintain a conspiracy with more than a dozen people involved. Few exceptions. Consider all the effort that went into maintaining the secrecy of the Manhattan project. So when I hear a conspiracy theory that sounds absolutely criminal, the first thing I ask is how many people would have to be in on this to pull it off?
👍 A "conspiracy" ist just a common enterprise of multiple people.. Basically a project. And as you say, complexity increases with number of people involved in the project.
Yes and if the aims of the project are crimes against humanity, something that would surely offend the sensibilities of any normal person, then it requires absolute secrecy and all participants who need to be looped into the know can't have any moral qualms about it or you end up with a whistle blower.
In the example I used of the Manhattan project, a sense of patriotic duty and honor was shared among the participants who maintained the secret. They all believed they were doing the best thing to effect an end to the war.
If you want to see how control is exerted by those that print money, this is the documentary you should see
