Just because it is a conspiracy doesn’t mean it’s not true; in fact 2020 has shown with both Covid-1984, and the US electoral fraud, that conspiracies are pretty much the norm. Here is some academic material I came across defending the very notion of a conspiracy theory. Keep the references handy, could be of future use. You just have to believe a guy with the name: Matthew Richard Xavier Xander Xanthias Xerxes Xanatos X Dracos Hieronymus Oliphant Ransome Dentith!
https://philpapers.org/archive/DENIDO-2.pdf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlvS-GrA00I