Admitting Chaos
The worst periods in human history are when there is nothing left in the larder of socially-approved myths and beliefs. The conspiracy myths have gone, just like the others. The comfort-role of plot theory goes with it – the myth of an all-powerful all-knowing elite that meticulously plans each and every bad thing which happens. All we have to do is overthrow that elite and Paradise will arrive.
Whether it was Arab Spring or the Kiev riots of early 2014, or even the ISIS crusade and Zionism, they have one powerful common thread. We shall overcome.