About conspiracy theories and invisible power, taking the bait thrown by
@britbox post above with quotes:
The line dividing fact from extrapolation, in this case, is more than easy to cross. You crros it by definition, if you try to understand what is going on. All the facts are not there, and we need to extrapolate.
It is perfectly rational to admit that the corridors of power have their secrets. Each personal relation has its dynamic, some figures with knowledge, economic and political leverage might have way more power than publicly perceived. All this is to be expected.
Point is how each one of us imagines what actually goes on behind the scenes. From acknowledging that there is more to it than what we see on the news, and from what is common knowledge about government and state institutions, to admiting a world model were the Iluminatti pull all the strings while holding monthly macabre meetings, there is quite a leap.
"Truth", if we can actually find something that deserves this name in this case, will probably be something in the middle. It might be something that will look quite a lot like a conspiracy theory (
@brokenshoelace 's post above Epstein island is a good example, even if I find this whole story quite strange, actually). That would not surprise me one bit. On the other hand, something "boring" and mundane would not suprise me as well.
We live in a complex world, and it's been complex for centuries, at the very least. It would be extremely knaive to expect that structures of power are perfectly known, organized and transparent. Any organized and deep enough world view will need to make conjectures about how this power structures function. Those conjectures can easily be called conspiracy theories by the ones who do not like it.
On the other hand, there are some things that, c'mon...
