General Motors streetcar conspiracy
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Yahuh. The US legal system.
The US has been a corpo shithole for far longer than people realize.
Yea, I bet that taught them a lesson. (Just not the intended one)
Oh this is a conspiracy? I'd always heard it reported as fact
While the term often refers to crackpot theories, a "conspiracy" is just several people secretly plotting to do something illegal.
Here, there were convictions. This was indeed an actual, factual conspiracy where GM and others secretly plotted to systematically destroy competing public transit.
The term is conspiracy THEORY. A conspiracy is when that actually happens.
Ahh I see, I was conflating conspiracy with conspiracy theory - thanks for clearing that up!