@futurebird Close to the first one, except the powerful can be critiqued. It just doesn’t accomplish anything. I can talk about how childish a certain billionaire or politician is behaving until I’m blue in the face, but it in no way causes them to lose money/power. I think it’s at least as much about that feeling of powerlessness. No, believing in the conspiracy doesn’t actually fix the imbalance, but it can make you feel special for having secret knowledge …