cartoon politics.

my side is good the other side is evil.

black helicopters.
military indutrial complex
tri-lateral commission
one world government
oil corporations
shrub

We understand we are more or less powerless in real political terms so we buy into scenarios however incredible to help us deal with our impotence --- though we know logically that the likelihood of such huge conspiracies are unlikely if not impossible. It helps us to rationalize our general, individual, political meaninglessness.