Conspiracy theory

:For the fictional film, see Conspiracy Theory (movie).

Conspiracy theory in fiction

Main article: Conspiracy theories (fictional)

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Conspiracies are a popular theme in several genres of fiction, notably thrillers and science fiction.

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Thrillers - Science fiction

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Conspiracy theory recasts complex or meaningless historical events into relatively simple morality plays, in which bad people are the cause of bad events, and good people face the relatively simple task of identifying and defeating them. Compared to the subtlety and complexity of more rigorous sociological or historical accounts of events, conspiracy theory makes for a neat and intuitive narrative. It is perhaps no coincidence, then, that the English word "plot" applies to both a story, and the activities of conspirators.

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Morality plays - Plot

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Conspiracy Theory is a 1997 thriller about a taxi driver (played by Mel Gibson) who publishes a newsletter in which he discusses what he suspects are government conspiracies.

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