Excellent article:
Conspiracy Denial
An Essay on The Ideological Function of a Thought-Terminating Cliché
".... “’Conspiracy’ refers to something more than just illegal acts. It serves as a dismissive label applied to any acknowledgment of ruling-class power, both its legal and illegal operations.” The term functions not as a descriptor but as a weapon—a thought-terminating cliché that protects the powerful from scrutiny by pathologising those who scrutinise them...."
from: https://unbekoming.substack.com/p/conspiracy-denial?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=355417&post_id=185902030&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=wmb48&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email