Who profits off the propagation of conspiracy theories?

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https://www.liveleak.com/view?i=63a_1498643704

I sometimes wonder if they are for the mentally vulnerable, also created by such people, or if they attract unscrupulous businessmen who can profit off of spreading lies somehow.

There is literally no evidence planes secretly spread toxins and yet these theories persist. Who pushes them? How do they make their money?

When you complain that Sandy Hook was a hoax to spread anti-gun laws for years without a smoking gun why are you then surprised when liberals come back with nonsense about alleged Russian banking and influence ties?

I mean they even got a guy to shoot up a restaurant.

People are gullible, but most expect a clear and convincing demonstration of facts. Sometimes with news stories we may not know all the details to where we can speculate that something awful might have happened, but in the absence of proof, what purpose is endless speculation?

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/3kzebn/how-conspiracy-theories-changed-our-way-of-thinking

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