The 'sort of' is doing a lot of work here.
> The #Epstein files reveal that a vast global conspiracy actually exists – sort of. theguardian.com/us-news/2026/f…
So, to repeat something I've said before about conspiracies – there are only two kinds of successful conspiracies:
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The Epstein files reveal that a vast global conspiracy actually exists – sort of
The documents confirm what many have long assumed: elites live by their own special rules and codes of immunityJ Oliver Conroy (The Guardian)
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Jack William Bell
in reply to Jack William Bell • • •1. Secret conspiracies involving only a few highly motivated and well-trained people able to keep their mouths shut and not make huge mistakes
2. Open conspiracies involving any number of people; where the goal is misdirection instead of secrecy
Conspiracy theories about large groups working in secret are uniformly bullshit, the Human Condition makes them impossible. Type (2) conspiracies can use the popular belief in such conspiracy theories as a cloak by shouting, "Look! A monkey!"
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Charlie Stross
in reply to Jack William Bell • • •I find that DARVO is a parsimonious explanation for most type 2 conspiracies: reactionary authoritarians instinctively "deflect, attack, reverse victim and offender", so that every accusation becomes a confession, either of what they've done or of what they'd do if they were their [own] opposition.
And there are a lot of reactionary authoritarians out there today.