Editing Conspiracy theory

[[File:White-Genocide paper..png|thumb|231x231px|A person promoting the "[[Great Replacement Theory|Great Replacement"]] conspiracy theory.]]
A '''conspiracy theory''' is an attempted rationalization of an event or pattern of events that entails a often small yet powerful group of people who are plotting to preform an action on society, often with malicious intent. Conspiracy theories often reject commonly held knowledge or empirical fact, instead relying on a number of cognitive biases. 

Conspiracy theories are often used by [[Far-right politics|far-righters]] as a means or overlooking the factor of [[capitalism]] in often increasingly common economic recessions, instead, blaming the hard times on ethnic groups. In the past, conspiracy theories have been used to justify large atrocities, such as [[genocide]].<ref>{{Citation|author=Douglas, Karen M.; Uscinski, Joseph E.; Sutton, Robbie M.; Cichocka, Aleksandra; Nefes, Turkay; Ang, Chee Siang; Deravi, Farzin|year=2019|title=Understanding Conspiracy Theories|title-url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pops.12568|pdf=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/pops.12568|isbn=0162-895X|doi=10.1111/pops.12568|trans-lang=English}}</ref>

== List of conspiracy theories ==

=== Flat Earth ===
[[Flat Earth|Flat earth]] is the disproved idea that the earth is in the shape of a flat disk with a ring of ice on its exterior. Furthermore, they believe that gravity is merely caused by the earth constantly accelerating upwards. Those who believe in this idea often also believe other conspiracy theories such as the idea of the [[Moon landing conspiracy theories|Moon landing hoax]] due to the fact that should the earth flat, the pictures of the earth from the moon would have to have been falsified.{{Citation needed}}

=== Fluoridation ===
Fluoridation refers to the conspiracy theory that the increase in fluoride within the statesian water supply is intended for mind control or for the death of individuals.{{Citation needed}} This is disproved by the fact that the increase of fluoride was intended to maintain people's hygiene with teeth.

=== Great Replacement ===
{{Main article|Great Replacement}}
The Great Replacement is a conspiracy theory claiming that immigrants from [[Latin America]] and [[Africa]] will replace white people as the majority of the population in the [[imperial core]]. [[Fox News Channel|Fox News]] host [[Tucker Carlson]] has promoted this conspiracy theory.<ref>{{Web citation|author=[[Brian Becker]]|newspaper=[[BreakThrough News]]|title=Buffalo Massacre Aftermath: Mainstream Media Still Validating Racist 'Replacement Theory'|date=2022-05-20|url=https://breakthroughnews.org/buffalo-massacre-aftermath-mainstream-media-still-validating-racist-replacement-theory-2/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220930043804/https://breakthroughnews.org/buffalo-massacre-aftermath-mainstream-media-still-validating-racist-replacement-theory-2/|archive-date=2022-09-30|retrieved=2022-11-23}}</ref>

=== New World Order ===
The New World Order is an umbrella term for many conspiracy theories which surround a 'secret powerful government'. This correlates with the term 'deep state'. A popular conspiracy theory is the Illuminati.

=== QAnon ===
[[QAnon]] is a [[4chan]]-based conspiracy theory claiming that Statesian billionaire [[Donald Trump]] is saving the [[United States of America|USA]] from a cabal of Satanic pedophiles led by the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]].<ref name=":1">{{Web citation|author=Raul Diego|newspaper=[[MintPress News]]|title=From British Israelism to the Miami Model: What’s Behind QAnon’s 2020 Resurgence?|date=2020-10-06|url=https://www.mintpressnews.com/israelism-police-miami-model-qanon-2020-resurgence/271785/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016233224/https://www.mintpressnews.com/israelism-police-miami-model-qanon-2020-resurgence/271785/|archive-date=2021-10-16|retrieved=2022-08-08}}</ref>

=== Russiagate ===
{{main article|Russiagate}}
Russiagate is a conspiracy theory that the [[Russian Federation]] was responsible for Trump's victory over [[Hillary Clinton]] in the [[2016 United States presidential election|2016 U.S. presidential election]] when it was actually caused by the [[slavery]]-based electoral college.<ref>{{Web citation|author=[[Brian Becker]]|newspaper=[[Liberation News]]|title=Past a point of no return: “Russiagate” and the reorientation of U.S. imperialism|date=2018-04-07|url=https://www.liberationnews.org/past-point-no-return-russiagate-reorientation-u-s-imperialism/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220518233640/https://www.liberationnews.org/past-point-no-return-russiagate-reorientation-u-s-imperialism/|archive-date=2022-05-18|retrieved=2022-10-30}}</ref>

=== Staged moon landing ===

== Conspiracy theories that may be true ==

=== JFK assassination ===
{{Main article|John F. Kennedy#Assassination}}
According to the documentary ''JFK: Destiny Betrayed'', the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] assassinated [[John F. Kennedy]] as part of a coup to reassert the rule of the [[Imperialism|imperialist]] [[ruling class]].<ref>{{Web citation|author=John Potash|newspaper=[[CovertAction Magazine]]|title=New Four-Part Documentary “JFK: Destiny Betrayed” Leaves No Doubt That JFK Was Assassinated as Part of CIA Coup|date=2022-07-26|url=https://covertactionmagazine.com/2022/07/26/new-four-part-documentary-jfk-destiny-betrayed-leaves-no-doubt-that-jfk-was-assassinated-as-part-of-cia-coup/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230623164517/https://covertactionmagazine.com/2022/07/26/new-four-part-documentary-jfk-destiny-betrayed-leaves-no-doubt-that-jfk-was-assassinated-as-part-of-cia-coup/|archive-date=2023-06-23}}</ref>

=== 9/11 ===
{{Main article|September 11 attacks#U.S. government involvement}}

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