Well; I think the uncomfortable answer is that this is a worldview that appeals most to people who, for whatever reason, both have no agency over their own material lives (or do not believe that they do) & no reason whatsoever to believe that they can actually trust other humans.
Obviously this isn't true of absolutely everyone who believes these things, there are always the cynical, or the incurious; but I don't think they form the base upon which this structure rests.
Well; I think the uncomfortable answer is that this is a worldview that appeals most to people who, for whatever reason, both have no agency over their own material lives (or do not believe that they do) & no reason whatsoever to believe that they can actually trust other humans.
Obviously this isn't true of absolutely everyone who believes these things, there are always the cynical, or the incurious; but I don't think they form the base upon which this structure rests.