I think I can sum up the point by separating child molestation into two groups:
(A) Degenerate
(B) Intentional
I'll use the subject of animal abuse to explain.
Dog owner type (A) is stuck in an abusive work environment where he is constantly harassed and emasculated by his coworkers. Every now and then the stars align and he returns home (cough, cough, Sheldrake Effect, cough) after a significantly shitty work day only to find his dog made a mess on brand new couch and has also eaten a Birthday gift which was to be given to his girlfriend that evening. Without considering that the dog is unable to understand the significance of any of this, the man attacks the dog physically while yelling about everything that's wrong about what the dog has done.
Dog owner type (B) has a guard dog in his back yard that gets teased, yelled at, and physically attacked on a daily basis prior to receiving dinner scraps. This treatment is not because it has misbehaved, nor because of the owners bad day, but for a purpose. The owner knows that the dog will love him because they are loyal to each other, the dogs needs are met, and the attention given is a type of nurturing. The purpose of this nurturing is to keep this dog always ready to attack anyone who might be a threat to the owner, and without regard.
Point being, many(probably most) conspiracy theorists believe there is a cult (better explained as a "weapon") that has roots in churches, governments, and organizations world wide, which practices Type (B) child abuse as a core value. This cult does not have anything to do with Type (A). The Type (A) problem is solved by good law enforcement and community structure. Type (B) is a disease that goes undetected by most, until it reaches a point where is clear that a significant % of the population is practicing it, so much so that it's openly promoted to children through the majority of media. So much so, that probably most of those practicing it, don't even know it comes from a cult (weapon).
Robbedigital,
I think you make a good point and an important distinction in conspiracy theorist thinking. Yes, the CS mindset believes that a form of pedo activity is all about deliberately engineering some higher purpose for their global web of secret society masters that control our lives. They will go off and quote what they think they know about MKULTRA, etc. ,
where, in reality, MKULTRA was a seriously misguided attempt to solve a very real pragmatic challenge. There was NO "third level" (or whatever Alex calls it) aspect to it. It was simple mechanics. CS people are always slathering on all kinds of fantastic imagined motivations to the slightest evidence.
IMO, this is childish and paranoid thinking. It misses the point entirely and goes after some personal ego fulfilling "I see what you don't" dot connecting game that is the signature of the CS type. Ironically, it misses "level 3" because of the goofy self-created distractions.
ALL pedos are aware of what they're doing because all pedos are psychopaths, aka demon spawn, that relish damaging souls. That's the real game for any of this human refuse, whether they live in a trailer park, a middle class neighborhood or have mansions, private jets and private islands.
Dog owner A is not without agency. But owner A is the not the equivalent of a pedo. Being a pedo is serious step. It doesn't just sort of happen. Every pedo knows that a world of hurt awaits him or her if caught. It's very calculated.
Dog owner B is not a super genius, nor is fully developed as a human, albeit an evil one. The problem with conspiracy theories like the pedo mafia in charge of the world thing, is that it assumes so much that isn't realistic given human nature. For one, that our leadership class consists of master level chess players. Nothing could be farther from the truth. Another is that these master chess player actually cooperate with each other, long term, to inflict their united nefarious plots on us all. I laugh at this comic book view.
Dog owner A and dog owner B are the same slime ball. One is better dressed, better educated, better connected and better groomed than the other, but those are superficial distinctions.
I wish CS folks could know how naïve and silly they sound. In reality the leadership class consists of very ordinary people of very mundane talent and average morality. They just value power and control more than most people and they have been taught that their education and all that jazz makes them suitable to run society. These are the same kids who always were elected to your school's student council. Same archetype. Pin heads all grown-up. Some of these pin heads, like some of every profession or type, are true psychopaths that like to damage people to the soul, as all psychopaths do. Children make the juiciest targets. All the rest of the CS is comic book fantasy.
I digress. I think you did correctly depict CS thinking on this topic. Thx.
Another CS theory problem is conflating effect with cause. If the ultimate effect of an event is A, then the cabal orchestrated this to achieve A. Nothing happens by accident, after all, in CS land. Again, an unrealistic assumption that THEY are super human master chess players. A related CS thought is that if someone or someones had motive and something happened that they benefitted from, then the chess master THEY must be responsible for what happened. Last one is that if A knows B and B knows C then A must know C and if C does something, then A must be in on it too. The CSers really don't understand how small a group and how active the 1% of successful people are. Successful hyperactive networking is a big part of how they became 1% in the first place. Of course A knows B who knows C who knows D, etc, etc, etc, etc. But, in the real world they fight as much as they cooperate. Of course the Catholic church has pedos in it. Of course congress has pedos in it. Of course MI has pedos in it but of course the fast food joint, the gas station, the local roofing company has pedos in them too. Of course the top echelon of the power organizations know each other. Who else would they hang out with? Random pedos in the trailer park? The pedos in the trailer park hang out in their own pedo clubs. Some aspire to climb the social ladder. Those leverage their interest in pedophilia to interact socially with the next level. So on and so forth. Same with nature lovers, gun club guys, the free mason and Kiwanis, military officers, musicians, gardening clubs and quilters. People like others who share interests. I mean, how else are you going to get ahead than to meet people with common interests better off and in positions, get to know them...…..this happens in all aspects of life, but when pedos do it, the CSers say AH AH! the world is run by pedos………..enough. good night