The wronger a conspiracy is, the better it is.
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835-1910
… a conspiracy on a scale so immense as to dwarf any previous such venture in the history of man.
McCarthy had turned hyperbole into an art form.
Of all things, I do like a Conspiracy! It's so interesting!
I love a great conspiracy story. Who doesn't?
Conspiracies, since they cannot be engaged in without the fellowship of others, are for that reason most perilous; for as most men are either fools or knaves, we run excessive risk in making such folk our companions.
They found out about him in July and stayed angry all through August. They tried to kill him in September. It was way too soon. They weren't ready. The attempt was a failure. It could have been a disaster, but it was actually a miracle. Because nobody noticed.
I believe conspiracy theories are part of a larger conspiracy to distract us from the real conspiracy. String theory.
Conspiracy is a small but durable seller, retooled every year or so.
The idea I'd been toying with fully formed in my mind. "I'm plotting." "oh?" His mouth curved in a wicked grin. "Do Tell." Chapter 5 pg. 50
The beauty of any conspiracy theory is that because it can't be proved, that just makes it more 'real.' It's not a question of believing or not believing, really; it's more a question of just accepting a series of probabilities that lead to an undeniable conclusion.
The conspiracies that I've researched and encountered, they seem to happen very ad hoc: they become conspiracies when it's necessary to have a conspiracy.