When the people need to know
Conspiracy theorists exist in every society. They are often hated with a passion by those in power because they regard them as rabble-rousers. The masses love them too with a passion for the very reason that their views are representative of the public view. This group, is what the rulers regard as rubble, and in my view and of course the popular view, these are members of the public. In many democracies members of the public often suffer from what I can regard as "information malnutrition". The ruling elite are often armed with a wealth of information as to the daily going ons of government while the public remains to glean from very little of what is leaked from the inner circle of the ruling class. The deliberate action by the ruling elite to deny the public what is rightfully theirs is exactly what breeds conspiracy theorists. In a republic, the public reigns supreme (at least in theory) and they have the right to know every bit about the health status of their leaders.
