it seems to be something related to a lack of political agency, new forms of digital media & information overload
add the good ol' fashioned realpolitik of assassinations, space exploration, ufo's, terrorism, govt intelligence agendas & misinformation drip feeding, compounded by the internet, technological innovation & media saturation
youlube has definitely contributed, mein gott you can traverse endless bs rabbit holes on there alone, but the worst aspects are parasitic narcissists who prey on ignorance, eg: ancient aliens, Alex c*nt-head Jones, David played for Coventry City FC turquoise Icke & Graham Hancock (sp?)
the latter is the worst imho, because he continues to undermine valid science & archaeological facts with his incessant wankfest into lost civilizations & forgotten knowledge
Alex Jones is just a length, a uniquely American product for a uniquely paranoid, delusional & poorly educated domestic audience, he's an American problem so his bs doesnt have the gravitas it could do here in Britain (as an example)
there are plots, ie the murder of Caesar, JFK, 9-11 etc & then there's the raft of new-media rabbit hole pedants, like Eddie Bravo & his stoned as fk flat earth diatribe paranoia (and i believe in cannabis)
just a tuppence-worth's due to old friends who repeatedly email me "Jimmy Savile was a Wizard" & "Leeds is gateway to Hell" lols from forums, memes and vids, but these are mostly for chuckle's sakes
some of it is v intriguing, like Savile & Ted Heath, where it would be easy to say there are institutional conspiracies concerning child sexual exploitation, but then you click on youlube to watch/listen or find some random tune/vid & the recommendation algorithms spam you with Eddie Bravo's newest take on dinosaurs being fake
entertainment + facts x square root of sketchiness = a conspiracy