Marxism and conspiracy theories

(Sorry if this was discussed already, but if it was it wasn't recently afaik.)Two points.One. I think there is huge potential among conspiracy theorists (9/11, deep state, flat earth, etc.) to become communist/Marxist. You could say that Marx was the conspiracy theorist, except his theory was lightyears ahead in scientific rigor and evidence.Check out this quote from https://www.marxist.com/class-struggle-or-conspiracy.htm:"conspiratorial logic is simple—at least on the surface—and plays into Americans’ philosophical predisposition towards pragmatism and empiricism. However, that does not make the line of thought correct. By contrast, Marxism offers a systemic and scientific explanation for the problems facing society. In other words, the rule of the minority of owners over the majority of workers is not dependent upon any “evil” intentions or backroom “cigarette-smoking men,” but rather, flows from the workings of the capitalist system itself.While conspiracy theories typically view history through the lens of an oppressed majority vs. an exploitative minority, they tend to view this relationship not as a systemic arrangement—i.e. as the result of property and social relations in class society—but rather as unique “connections” of “bad men,” “behind the scenes,” preventing society from functioning “properly.” Conspiracy theories vary widely, but this reliance on “connecting the dots” is a universal feature of nearly all of them, and separates them from any genuine scientific understanding of social relations.By contrast, Marxism is not a conspiracy theory. Rather than arguing that the exploitation of workers by capitalists is something that happens “behind the scenes,” Marxism instead explains how this exploitation takes place completely in the open, through the labor process and the production of commodities for sale. It requires no “conspiracy” to explain the class structure and exploitation of capitalist society. The worker, owning no property, is forced to sell the only thing he or she does possess—his or her ability to work—to the capitalist, who then extracts surplus value from that labor in order to make a profit."Second point. The problem with conspiracy theorists is they lack class consciousness and so don't know what to do about their suspicions except filming Youtube rants from a car. I think podcasts like David Harvey's (https://ift.tt/31mksBJ) are great for that. Except that even their titles are screaming "communism" and so just because of that they will be avoided by the majority of conspiracy theorists.Thoughts, solutions? Any flat earthers? :) via /r/communism https://ift.tt/3j76eKV