Conspiracy Theories: From One Illusion to the Next
First you believe the system.
Then you believe the system is lying.
Either way, you’re still believing.
People don’t wake up. They just switch dreams.
Different mask, same comfort.
When trust breaks, the mind panics.
It can’t live in the unknown,
so it builds a new temple fast.
If one study is fake, science is dead.
If one news story twists, truth no longer exists.
Secondhand skepticism becomes the new faith.
The heretic turns priest.
The convinced unbeliever starts preaching.
And in the ruins of old faith,
a new tribe forms.
They say: “You’re not crazy.
You see what we see.”
They offer belonging dressed as revelation.
Each hidden truth gives a dopamine spark.
The rush of “I know what they don’t.”
It’s not knowledge. It’s a fix.
The hardest stance is no stance.
To say, “I don’t know.”
To walk without a flag.
Real awakening isn’t swapping illusions.
It’s learning to live without any.