Conspiracy theories nowadays are about a year away from being conspiracy fact. Digital ID is being HEAVILY pushed by the Labour government in the UK. Scary times.

I'm not convinced something that's been tried multiple times on and off in the UK (last time ID cards were being brought in - by Labour and the 2006 act - it was cancelled by the coalition), and happens in many countries, is a "conspiracy theory"

Who exactly is conspiring and what exactly are they conspiring for?

If I was a billionaire I would prioritize identifying, monitoring and controlling the underclass.

I think that's a fait accompli -- it's merely a matter of who has access to the data.

The funny thing is that the clear anti-democratic leanings of our technolords are based upon not trusting the vote of the masses has unfortunately been somewhat validated (case in point: the current admin). There's just one small problem: the technolords themselves have only one vision and skill: enshittification in the quest of personal enrichment.

China has a very scary model of societal control, but at least they know how to invest in the country as a whole.

If you were a billionaire, what practical reason would you have for promoting democracy?

But that's a conspiracy theory! Why would they ever do that?

... come back to this comment in a year.

I mean, it depends a lot on the conspiracy theories.

The common right-wing conspiracy theories in the US are, like, one or two hops and skips away from "jews are running the world and we need to kill them".

Guys, why does everything come back to something hitler-y? Can we stop that please?