Conspiracy Theory

"A good conspiracy is unprovable. I mean, if you can prove it, it means they screwed up somewhere along the line."
--Jerry Fletcher (Conspiracy Theory)

Conspiracy theory used to mean a thesis that a group of people secretly collaborated in some way to do something bad. Over time, conspiracy theories have taken on a social stigma and subject to ridicule and dismissal.

As proposed here, conspiracy theory no longer means an event explained by conspiracy. Instead, it means any explanation that is contrary to government or mainstream media explanation. Lies become truth. Fiction becomes fact.

Reason and analysis become conspiracy theory as it challenges consensus grounded in lies.