Conspiracy theories are a thin red line. They are fascinating I will give you that. However, once you allow yourself to believe a narrative that has not been factually proven you have just allowed yourself to create a false reality, a bubble around yourself. Much more susceptible to believing more conspiracy theories in the future, no matter how outlandish and unfounded they are. Where do these "theories" originate from? Obviously we know factually that Russia propagates misinformation to be spread domestically inside the US to sow discord to create the US v THEM mentality.
Motive really will tell you a lot about a situation or a person when you start asking what the END GAME is.
There is motive to spread misinformation. Now ask yourself who is going to benefit from misinformation. The level of political polarity in this country comes directly from the spread of misinformation over the last 10 years or so.
I know left leaning people that believe in conspiracy theories too. Guy at work, 30 yr old Mexican American, college educated, otherwise seemingly knowledgeable and normal person telling me that I need to check up on this shit about George W Bush... This weekend, one of my good friends told me to "go down the rabbit hole" with this Tom Hanks, hillary clinton, pizzagate pedophile bullshit that has been proven to be false 9 million times over... Otherwise a normal guy, Pry leans right but not Hannity right however, somehow got onto this bullshit and now thinks he's WOKE to the truth. I'm like nah man, I'm good. I live in reality.