I recently read a quote from Alan Moore (I think)
who points out that all conspiracy theories are essentially comforting as they imply that someone is in charge of the world, as opposed to it being the directionless mess that it actually is. Personally, I think blaming a conspiracy is a good way of not blaming yourself for all of the bad decisions and stupidity in your own, pointless life.
(Kitty Fantastico "Dwarf, Anorexic and In a Fight ", Mon 5 Dec 2011, 16:42, 1 reply)

I think it's interesting...
...That there are all these anti-semitic, "Jews run all the banks" conspiracies. It's clearly not the case.

If international banking were run by the Priory of Sion or the Zurich gnomes or the Illuminati, you'd think they'd do a better job of this Euro malarky, wouldn't you? That, maybe, they'd use their clout to prevent everything turning to crap.
(xaer0mancer, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 21:32, closed)