i blame the x-files generation.

in the 90s, we were bombarded with 10 years worth of conspiracy theories, 24 episodes per season. no other tv-series before that had ever successfully pulled off a show based on a simple emotion: fear of the unknown.

and right at that moment, the internet became available to the masses. this amplifies the effect of conspiracy theories by reinforcing themselves. one guy comes up with scenario A. another guy across the world proposed scenario B. then a conspiracy theorist would put A and B together, which on its own were totally legit and independent, to create a very believable theory.

conspiracy theorists have wild imaginations. but they often missed on a very famous saying called Hanlon's Razor (Grey's Law):

Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.