> I wholeheartedly agree with the sentiments below. But how does one
> explain the vibrancy and the appeal that conspiracism has had for many
> on the left and among progressive circles in recent years?
Oh, that's an easy one: As always, one of the Great American Artists has it pegged: "When you believe in things that you don't understand, and you're sufferin', superstition has a way."
I think that's quoted right,
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