The idea Conspiracies are new is silly, you say conspiracy, I say about humans what most say about ducati's, they all do that sir.
If you believe in the teachings of one of the oldest books, then god created man but the minute he created woman, then you have created a disagreement about who is in charge and how they get to be in charge. Every living being has a hierarchy, every living hierarchy that interacts with other living hierarchy's have hierarchy's within hierarchy's until you get to humans where some think as a living being that hierarchy's, good or bad should not exist.
Humanity has many positives but part of that balance is we have many faults too but we have found a way of it working, working perfectly imperfect
But in the same way not everything is racist, not everything is sexist, not everything is capitalist and not everything is a conspiracy.
People know the bargain clothes they buy are made by kids probably on 5 dollars a month but they still buy those clothes. People know most of the electronics we use are built by a country that has just tried to kill everyone on the planet, but shopping online for goods made in China has seen record sales this year, even conspiracy theorists buy chinese products and computers with bills gates windows on it.
I feel when some conspiracy theorist's go full retard, they genuinely think no one knows what they know. I would suggest in this digital age, most either do know and have made choices on what works for them, or simply do not care and that sadly is one of humanities defects that is unlikely to ever be fixed.
Humans are lazy despite having been given a gift of thought beyond reflex. If you want to get a thousand cars into a solid area and there is space for a thousand cars, then leave them to thier own devices and you'll probably get 600 in because the feckers will park where they want. Draw lines on the ground and you'll get a thousand cars in.
There has always been from year dot, people or groups who have been in charge of others, that is how humanity works.
How often have many of us have thought, I'd like a new part or a new bike but the mrs is likely to say no. So you plan events, circumstances, steer the direction, drop in comments to be mulled over by the other half and generally coherse, manipulate, create situations to gain the advantage and fingers crossed, you get that new part or new bike. The other half's have probably done it to us too when they want a new kitchen, a new car, that holiday away with the girls or even a new bike themselves. This is not a conspiracy, this is how humans work
We all do it in our everyday life. It's subtle, nuonced maybe but because it's on such a small scale we don't see it as control of others and manipulation. It is what humans do but think because when it happens on a larger scale then it's "all them, it's always them never me, no not me". It is how humanity works, it's how most humans work.