General Section question. Let’s keep it clean, please.

Why do people believe them?

Personally, I think that some people find comfort in the notion that someone is exerting control to create the conspiracy. The alternative is too frightening for them.

For example:

“Lee Harvey Oswald couldn’t have acted alone, because that would mean one individual could bring about catastrophe. Surely, it must require vast resources to pull off such a coup.”

“The Illuminati control governments all around the world. Otherwise, chaos reigns.”

“The Freemasons have a vast shelter under the Denver airport they will escape to when Armageddon comes, because…well, just because.”

What do you think?