Conspiracy theorists are not born. There are instances, events and questionable behavior from others that cause speculation. I'm not saying I am a conspiracy theorist but I have raised quite a few eyebrows when I see certain documentaries, images and read articles by reputable people.
Something as simple as... Big Brother is watching? People scoffed at this decades ago.. but just last week during the Facebook/Zuckerberg senate testimony, what did we learn? Our every move technologically is being monitored.
I can remember years ago watching the movie Conspiracy Theory with Julia Roberts and Mel Gibson, or the National Treasure movies... or documentaries on YT, History channel, etc.
Conspiracy theorists has such a negative connotation but really, it's just a way to discount non mainstream thoughts. If an idea makes a person uncomfortable just point a finger and call them crazy right?
The truth often falls somewhere in the middle. That's enough for me to want to question absolutely everything.
"conspiracy theory" dates back to the CIA telling the "mainstream" media to use it as a derogatory term against anyone who did not believe the "official" report of the Warren Commission about the JFK assassination...