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by RcouF1uZ4gsC 999 days ago
> but how often do you hear the conspiracy type obsess about Jan. 6, an actual proven conspiracy to overthrow the government of the United States?

Actually, they do. There are a lot of claims online saying it an FBI false flag operation, going so far as to name a specific person as an FBI plant.

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That is technically an example, but I think it also proves OP's point. Faced with a clear, public, and well-understood conspiracy, the theorists can't accept the demonstrated facts. For the surface truth to be the actual truth is intensely unsatisfying and disempowering. There must be something more and deeper to it, always.