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is the truth really out there welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top ten modern
conspiracy theories before we begin we
publish new content every day so be sure
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videos 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 do you
agree with our picks check out these
other great clips from WatchMojo and be
sure to subscribe and ring the bell to be notified about our latest videos
is the truth really out there welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top ten modern
conspiracy theories before we begin we
publish new content every day so be sure
to subscribe to our channel and ring the
bell to get notified about our latest
videos 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 do you
agree with our picks check out these
other great clips from WatchMojo and be
sure to subscribe and ring the bell to be notified about our latest videos
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