Interesting. Conspiracy theories have been and seem to be amazingly popular on Mudcat (below the line, obviously).
Any thoughts as to why? Do Mudcatters (at least many of those who post often) like simple answers to complex political and economic phenomena. It's hard to believe it's just Mudcatters. Maybe it's a function of the Web itself. Maybe it's just the corresponding view on the Left (including the idea that religion is the root of all evil) to the fundamentalism on the Right that believes that all answers to all questions can be found in the Bible, or are God's plan.