You know what happens now? Pro-government propagandists will use this as ammunition to guard against an outcry over their actual conspiracies.
“Real political conspiracies, such as the Iran Contra Affair or the Watergate Scandal recurred throughout history and it would not have been possible to uncover them without a certain degree of mistrust of official institutions and narratives,” the researchers wrote in their study. “On the other hand, [conspiracy beliefs are] accompanied by a wide range of negative medical or societal effects such as a reduced willingness to vaccinate or to combat climate change and decreased political participation.”