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*The [[Jews]] are [[Anti-Semitism|conspiring to destroy civilization]]. (Very popular theory in [[Europe]] from the [[Middle Ages]] on, seems to have lost a lot of currency outside the [[Middle East]] since the [[Holocaust]].)<ref>[http://newint.org/features/2004/10/01/conspiracism/ "ZOG Ate My Brains"]</ref>
*The [[Jews]] are [[Anti-Semitism|conspiring to destroy civilization]]. (Very popular theory in [[Europe]] from the [[Middle Ages]] on, seems to have lost a lot of currency outside the [[Middle East]] since the [[Holocaust]].)<ref>[http://newint.org/features/2004/10/01/conspiracism/ "ZOG Ate My Brains"]</ref>
*The theory that the Iraq War was started by [[Big Oil]] in order to gain access to cheap [[petroleum]].
*The theory that the Iraq War was started by [[Big Oil]] in order to gain access to cheap [[petroleum]].
==Common elements of Conspiracy Theories==
Who's blamed for everything may change, but most destructive conspiracy theories believe the same things:
* The world is divided into 'Us' and 'Them'. We're GOOD, They are EVIL.
* Our opponents are evil and subversive... possibly not even human.
* "They" are causing '''all''' our troubles – WE are blameless and without fault.
* Time is running out and we must act immediately to avoid disaster!
<ref>[http://newint.org/features/2004/10/01/conspiracism/ "ZOG Ate My Brains", again]</ref>
Conspiracy theories provide an important element of certainty in a world that seems random and perverse. Believing that a small, evil group controls everything is actually more reassuring to some minds than believing [[Coincidence theory|things just happen by random circumstance]].
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