🌱Conspiracy theories

First off, I understand why people believe in conspiracies seeing how history is full of foul, to say the least, acts from people and organizations in power. Many conspiracy theories have been more or less proven to be true. But is it just me or have conspiracy theories exploded during and after Covid (it's not over, but you know what I mean).

I think for some people, it's less about actual beliefs and more about wanting to be part of an exclusive group of people that are more special and smarter than everyone else. Does the amount of cognitive dissonance it takes to actually believe that someone's name spelled backwards has any significant meaning not get to them?

If xyz conspiracy is true, does it truly even matter?