In middle school I learned about imports and exports and, as a suburban kid, I realized that I didn't know anyone who made physical products, and wondered, how can we have nice things without making things in return? Then i found out it was all exploitation and it always has been
A lot of conspiracy theorists are people who see the deep seated problems in the world and lack the education to explain it. There isn’t a secret cabal of Illuminati pulling the strings in world governments. It’s just capital exerting influence to bolster capital. They one entity that influences all the major players is immaterial. They have been conditioned all their life that capitalism is freedom and anything else is the beginning of the end, so when they start to see the cracks showing they have to conjure up some explanation as to what or who is sabotaging their perfect system.