[FinanceAnon]

That's why I think conspiracy theories can be a threat to democracy. They try to convice people that the free and open societies that they live in, are actually not free and open. Some of them can be right (e.g. Snowden leaks), but personally I think what we currently have is better than the alternatives. Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

[mrjangles]

You might have a point if it wasn't for the reality of the situation and who is pushing conspiracy theories and who is trying to crack down on them.

It is always the people saying how democracy is flawed and we should be more like China that are also trying to crack down on conspiracy theories.