Conspiracy theory

A conspiracy theory is an attempted rationalization of an event or pattern of events that entails a often small yet powerful group of people who are plotting to preform an action on society, often with malicious intent. Conspiracy theories often reject commonly held knowledge or empirical fact, instead relying on a number of cognitive biases.

Conspiracy theories are often used by reactionaries and fascists as a means of overlooking the factor of capitalism in socioeconomic issues. Rather, they blame these issues on ethnic groups or vague "elites". In the past, conspiracy theories have been used to justify massive atrocities such as genocide.

See also

• Fascism
• Anti-intellectualism