The Jonestown Conspiracy Theory

N conspiracy theories live in the gaps contained within a narrative, right? Filling those gaps in with explanations that latch on to the available true information and connect each known fact together into a coherent story. They proliferate most easily when the subject itself is one where deception is a major factor, as with intelligence operations. The most popular jonestown conspiracy theory is that, far from being an anti american communist revolutionary, jim jones was actually working with the c i a, or us. According to this theory, it explains why he would leave his church to die on the vine for nearly two years while he visited cold war hot spots in south america to give anti communist speeches.