If you want a conspiracy theory, here’s a good one. :-)

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Family_(miniseries)
• https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/netflix-the-family-jesse-moss-secret-christian-cult-washington-dc-869396/
• https://www.indiewire.com/2019/08/the-family-review-netflix-1202163377/

There are shocking things about this subject. One of them is how intellectually defenseless most Americans, even those supposedly superlative ones in board rooms and legislative offices, appear to be.