I don’t really know what constitutes a conspiracy theory. Diamonds in wedding rings are essentially worthless, yet people still pay exorbitant amounts for them. So, I guess I’ll leave it to personal judgment.

  • 鳳凰院 凶真 (Hououin Kyouma)@sh.itjust.works
    72·
    14 hours ago

    I think the US government knew about it, maybe not exactly orchestrated it, but they intentionally allowed it to happen to justify expanding powers.

    I mean like… I only believe this 60% true, there’s 40% of me that think government is just this incompetent.

    • deranger@sh.itjust.works
      9·
      12 hours ago

      I think even that gives them too much credit. It’s just incompetence.

      The US “did 9/11” by interfering with global affairs for decades until one of those schemes finally backfired.

      I don’t think there’s any conspiracy necessary beyond that to explain everything.

    • PumpkinDrama@reddthat.comOP
      41·
      14 hours ago

      I’ve seen a clip from a Long Kiss Goodnight (1996) that describes the motive weapons companies could have for it very well, the government wasn’t necessarily involved but I believe some of the elite definitely were.

      • IronBird@lemmy.world
        3·
        10 hours ago

        there certainly were a lot of suspiciously timed, and very risky, trades made immediately before the crashes