more of a hoax than a conspiracy theory:
Ask HN: What is your favourite conspiracy theory?
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Re: Ask HN: What is your favourite conspiracy theory?
#12'Google moving away from Java in favor of Dart and Go because they couldn't get legal control of the Java language.' I have no solid evidence but from legal battles with Oracle and Google's focus on wanting to control their entire stack it might have some merit.
Re: Ask HN: What is your favourite conspiracy theory?
#13Finland doesn't exist: https://www.reddit.com/r/finlandConspiracy/comments/2y0oog/t... It's about as silly as most of the commonly cited responses, and yet oddly cute.
After reading this I just had John Cleese's voice in my head saying: "And now for something completely different".
Re: Ask HN: What is your favourite conspiracy theory?
#14One that (as far as I know) I made up: that the mortgage deduction on US income tax is to keep the middle class occupied with home improvement so that it won't have time to interfere in government.