Quote Originally Posted by Trionix View Post
Not just Americans. Chavez spouts them off regularly as a way to unite the public. Nothing stirs patriotism more than having a clear and present enemy. In China, schoolkids genuinely believe that the Chinese were the first people to set foot on the moon.
You mean the Haitian earthquake wasn't the result of that top-secret underground weapon the USA were testing? Get out of here!

I think a good explanation for the tide of 9/11 conspiracy theories was the ego and pride of many Americans, who refused to accept that they could be even touched by an outside enemy, so concluded it must have been the doing of the American government.
That and the 'government = evil' thing a lot of Americans have got going on.