I believe that sentiment as well. I sometimes wonder how much of the conspiracy (or any conspiracy) is even conscious, however. Big businesses will do anything to realize a profit and yet the only way to convince people of a lie is to believe in the lie yourself. I've met countless crooked and corrupt business/salesmen who truly believed with their whole of whole in whatever their (fake) "product" happened to be. No matter how convincing an argument you throw at them, you simply can't get them to see past the bells and whistles and to admit the truth, to admit that what they're selling/proclaiming/announcing/etc. is blatantly dishonest.

But in the words of Simon and Garfunkle: "Man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest."

I can perceive of a world where the only available medicinal treatment is through meticulously controlled narcotic substances and where the simple practice of drinking green tea to ward off free radicals is strictly forbidden because <insert smoke screen here>. As time continues, not only might vitamins and herbal supplements become unavailable because "there isn't enough supporting evidence", we may find foods such as asparagus and brussels sprouts taken off the market and made illegal (the government can make a mushroom which grows practically everywhere named psilosybin illegal after all).

It won't happen over night but it's a definate possibility. It seems like things are certainly headed that way, anyhow.

Anyone ever see that old movie from the '60s called Soilent Green?

Anyway, I love reading about conspiracy theories. Not all of them are real, of course, and some are complete paranoid delusions, but there are some conspiracies which are very real, and I like to take everything into consideration. I think it's important to always practice the age old precept: question authority. And any "authority figure" who dislikes being questioned, very likely, has a lot of explaining to do.