[Elspode]

Outstanding read (the linked article from which the theories are cited).

The true test of a good conspiracy theory is *plausibility*. I think the ten listed do a pretty good job of meeting the plausibility criteria. I also enjoyed the author pointing out the historical incidents which Nazi Germany allegedly used to steer public opinion in the direction they needed it to go.

I do not find it at all implausible that persons of tremendous wealth and influence would use everything at their disposal, including mass murder, armed insurrection and full scale warfare to get what they want...namely, more wealth and power.

The wealthiest among our citizens are widely separated from those who toil to support their positions at the top of the pyramid. Hell, even the wealthy who share with those of lower economic strata an interest in things like Nascar racing usually get to watch the race from the suites, not the bleachers. I think that such an enormous separation from the common man and the daily experiences of survival tend to disassociate those at the top from those "beneath" them. From that disassociation grows disregard, disinterest, and eventually, callousness, perhaps even to the point of not caring whether the rabble lives or dies.

Once one has reached that point, it is a short step to actually bringing about the deaths of hundreds, thousands, even millions, in order to win the high stakes games these folks are playing.

PS - BTW, I am *not* a communist, I do not hate the wealthy and I'm not inciting class warfare. However, I think we live in a pretty cushy country overall, and I worry that we may well have all lost sight of just how incredibly evil people can become, especially with unlimited resources at their disposal and very little exposure to negative ramifications should things go horribly wrong.