Belief in conspiracies is like believing in the western portrayal of God, in that it is easier for humans to attribute responsibility for a situation than it is to accept that no one has the answers or knows what the next best steps to take are.
People who feel positively about the situation attribute our perceived success on a leader they align with. People who feel negatively about the situation cast blame on forces they feel oppressed by.
None of it’s new – all the old patterns are there, and it seems like the primary symptom is Xenophobia. On a country to country, local, and even simply known vs stranger dichotomy, projections of an “outsider” are placed on those which fit the viewer’s narrative of someone opposed to their wellbeing. Even the motives or patterns of friends become questioned and foreign.
These narratives give people comfort. “I’m doing the right thing, but the reason bad things are happening is because of /them/.” “I’m doing the right thing, and we will succeed because of those I’ve aligned myself with, /they/ won’t do so well.—No matter who you are, take a deep breath and consider that perhaps you are wrong, and the idea that we’re somehow different than the other side might be, too.
After all: anger is just an expression of stress, and stress weakens the immune system.
Stay safe