Conspiracy or Just Capitalism? Paranoia and Parapolitics in the Post-Epstein World

As socialists, what should we think about conspiracy theories? Should the myriad secret diabolical acts perpetrated by the elites lead us to be more open minded toward the ravings of the open-minded so-called "lunatic fringe," Or does it even matter whether the theories are true?  

Comments on the Society of the Spectacle
https://files.libcom.org/files/Comments%20on%20the%20Society%20of%20the%20Spectacle.pdf

 

Conspiracy Theory Is Dead
https://jacobin.com/2023/05/conspiracy-theory-is-dead

 

Conspiracies: Left vs Right
https://theramparts.substack.com/p/conspiracies-the-left-vs-right 

 

Understanding and Addressing the Rise of Conspiracy Theories in the 21st Century
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ssqu.70050?af=R 

 

What do socialists say about conspiracy theories?
https://socialistalternative.info/2024/08/16/what-do-socialists-say-about-conspiracy-theories/ 

 

Conspiracy-Theory Socialism
https://fee.org/articles/conspiracy-theory-socialism/ 

 

How the Left Lost Its Mind
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/07/liberal-fever-swamps/530736/

 

Why Is Conspiratorial Thinking More Popular on the Right?
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/social-justice-pacifists/202110/why-is-conspiratorial-thinking-more-popular-the-right 

 

What Conspiracy Theories on the Left and Right Have in Common
https://www.vice.com/en/article/what-conspiracy-theories-on-the-left-and-right-have-in-common/ 

 

How the Left Fools Themselves Into Thinking the Right Are Conspiracy Theorists
https://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2020/07/23/how_the_left_fools_themselves_into_thinking_the_right_are_conspiracy_theorists.html