Thank you, @trendwizard, you have your way with words too, I see:

It's easy to get sucked into the conspiracy theories but it's somehow easier to get sucked into the propaganda governments offer us.

Precisely. With the proviso that I wouldn't call it "government propaganda" because I see it as evident government has been hijacked and has itself become a shadow on Plato's cave wall, not the player itself. It is the propaganda of big banks, corporations, media, the military-industrial complex, in short, if you forgive my lack of a better word, the "illuminati elite".

The first thing to ask is .... who's profiting? follow the money.

Oh, the 9/11 Commission did just that, but they found this trail only leads to law-abiding American citizens, not to a bunch of desert mountain cave dwelling ragheads, so they did not pursue that venue further... ;)

feed everyone a bunch of BS based on fear.

These messages hurt at first, but liberate from the fear and hopelessness in the long run.