Conspiratorial stories don’t always spread disinformation, they can leverage democratic citizenship — say two libertarian philosophers. — Conspiracy theories abound: Baby-eating liberals, the moon landing deepfake, the rigged 2020 U.S. presidential election, Pizzagate, pedophile rings, QAnon intrigues and even the ‘Birds aren’t real’ satire. There’s no shortage of wildly concocted stories to tease the popular imagination.