Conspiracy

The rapidly occurring and unpredictable economic, social and political changes due to globalization and industrialization have caused feelings of confusion, panic and being threatened among people, but it is difficult to identify the actors behind this. We are experiencing a kind of "intellectual dislocation" – the inability to understand what is happening and who or what is causing it.

It is from this that conspiracy theories develop; theories that are easily consumed by the public as a means of alleviating their frustration and confusion. Conspiracy theories generally emerge among educated people, because accepting or rejecting them requires complex and sophisticated thinking, even though it is difficult to factually verify their truth.