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And today we're counting down our picks for the top ten modern conspiracy theories
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For this list. We're looking at theories that came into their own after the year
2000 while some of them may have their roots in the last century or earlier
They qualify for this list if their popularity has peaked in recent years
number 10 Obama's birth certificate
In 2008 history was made when Barack Obama became the first black president of the United States
However, a worryingly high number of Americans refused to believe that Obama was one of their own and claimed the new president was born
in a different country
Meaning his presidency was against the Constitution in an attempt to stamp out these ideas
Obama released his long-form birth certificate
But this hasn't stopped many theorists from calling the document of forgery and continuing to suggest that Obama is a foreigner
number nine Holocaust deniers
These are people who for a myriad of different reasons
Refused to believe that the mass extermination of Jewish people and other vulnerable minorities carried out by the Nazis actually happened
Ironically the Holocaust also happens to be one of the most well documented tragedies in world history
The Nazis meticulously recorded everything they did and when Allied soldiers
Discovered the concentration camps they gathered extensive evidence of the horrors. They witnessed in the form of videos and photographs
Not to mention the thousands of survivors who have talked about their horrific experience and still bare their tattoos
number eight tools of control in the mid 20th century
governments began fluoridating the public water supply as
Scientific studies proved that in small enough amounts fluoride a main ingredient in toothpaste was harmless
Tasteless and could help prevent cavities
but there are people who believe that fluoride is actually a dangerous chemical the world's governments are using to control the
population for some kind of ambiguous financial gain
Similar theories are used as the basis for the anti-vaxxer movement, which has led to new outbreaks of diseases like measles
Anti vaccination beliefs stem from misinformation published by a now struck off doctor that the measles vaccine causes autism
However, there's absolutely no evidence supporting this
Number seven, the earth is flat
Millennia ago before people began to understand more about physics and the universe at large the general assumption was that the earth was flat
In the last 200 years, however, the idea that the earth is flat has gained more and more traction
bizarrely the more things we learn about the universe the more people join the Flat Earth or cause
seemingly, ignoring all the photographic and scientific evidence proving that the earth is a globe they claim that it's impossible to see the curvature of
The earth that all the photos of the planet are fake and that every astronaut is an actor in on the elaborate hoax
Number 6 mass shootings are faked in the US especially mass shootings are seemingly becoming more and more prevalent
But there are those who believe that these shootings don't actually happen going so far as to accuse shooting survivors of being actors
believers claim that the shootings are entirely staged by people looking to abolish the Second Amendment and
Impose stricter gun control regulations on America making people unable to defend themselves
These shootings themselves are already tragic enough
But the people on social media who claim that they never happened only add insult to injury
number 5 q anon
It's no surprise that one of the strangest conspiracy theories of the modern era originated on 4chan
Where various predictions and accusations have been posted online since late 2017
q anon has incorrectly predicted that Hillary Clinton would be arrested and
Claimed that Kim jong-un and his regime are under the control of the CIA
They've even accused many big names
ranging from Hollywood actor Tom Hanks to a selection of high-ranking politicians of being involved in sex trafficking similar to this was
2016's pizza gate scandal
Where it was alleged that the Democrats were operating a pedophile ring out of a pizza joint all of these claims remain utterly baseless
Number four the FDA is withholding the cure for cancer
big pharma is often seen as a shadowy villain hiding in the dark while
Overcharging people for life-saving medicine and it's this perception that's contributed to the theory that pharmaceutical companies have the cure for cancer
More specifically they've had the cure for cancer for years and are purposely
Withholding it from the public until they can find a way to make a big enough profit
However, it would take far too many people to keep the cancer cure secret than is reasonably possible
number three chemtrails
Planes flying overhead will often leave trails behind them in the sky and these trails have been jumped on by many conspiracy theorists
There's a range of different reasons behind what exactly chemtrails are some claim that they're spraying
Mind-control chemicals in order to suppress the population while others say that they're part of an elaborate scheme to control the weather
However, in the aviation industry they're actually called contrails as in condensation trails
According to scientists, they're created naturally as hot jet fuel meets cool air and are little more than water vapor
number two new world order
another idea that's been popular for
Generations, is that the entire world?
Is being controlled by an unseen shadow government or secret society while a few have suggested that this group is actually made up of nefarious
lizard people disguised as the world's elite
The more common belief is that the Illuminati is running things while the original Illuminati was a real group
They only had any kind of power in the late 1700s
today, however
the idea that either the Illuminati are some other clandestine group are trying to create a
totalitarian new world order still persists among many people
number one
9/11 was an inside job the attack on the twin towers on September 11th. 2001 was a tragedy that shook the world
leading to a death toll of nearly
3000 and escalating conflict in the Middle East but there are those out there who don't believe the story that al-qaeda was responsible
Despite Osama bin Laden taking credit for the attack and instead think that 9/11 was an inside job
they think it was perpetrated by George W Bush in the US government in order to justify going to war in the Middle East and
Frequently cite alleged evidence like the explosions at the base of the tower and Bush's calm demeanor when informed about the attack
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