[kordlessagain]

> What geek doesn’t like a good conspiracy theory?

Well, a good geek doesn't want this type of "slop" content, because we label it "click bait". It's click bait because you only indicate social connections exist between entities of question and use excessive hype to build to the idea. It only raises more questions and does nothing to answer anything concrete about the "situation".

> If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic.

That's from the posting guidelines on HN. We like answers here, not more questions.

[geek_slop]

No, that's incorrect. I linked the Wall Street Journal article in the post. There are hard business connections, not just social connections. I didn't got into them in depth to keep the article short. Read the Journal article.