. For many years, conspiracy theories have been seen as the imaginations of those contrary to elitist movements and those who need a scapegoat to blame for recent misfortunes encountered by them. This is seen in history as many of the losers will look for some phantom to blame for their blight, for one example, the persecution of Jews in Germany after the events of WWI surmise the point all too well. Most of these propositions were only truly accepted by those inside the movement to counter the threat that the conspiracy had created. To some extent, this remains true, but in more recent times these theories have purveyed the public scene and have become more widely accepted. The actual meaning of a conspiracy theory has largely remained the same over the years but the purpose behind…show more content… The book, Voodoo Histories, by a skeptical David Aaronovitch, defines what could potentially be considered a conspiracy theory, highlights what popular theories have in common that explains their successfulness, and then subsequently reveals the intention and effects of said theories on the general public in order to affirm more credulous behavior on behalf of the reader towards nature of secrecy and deception. As defined by Daniel Pipes, a scholar with literature involving conspiracy theories, a conspiracy theory is “the nonexistent version of a conspiracy,” meaning that it never occurred. A conspiracy could just be a lie involving two people, but an actual conspiracy theory contains much more seriousness to it. Most conspiracy theories that gain traction are ones of large plots that span over many years, often times having history rewritten to match what is thought to be true in the current day. Almost without failure
