Take something like Flat Earth Theory. Okay, if that's real, how can you do something different and gain benefit from it? Can you create an airline service with quicker flights to certain destinations?
I was just reading a conspiracy theory about how the The Great Pyramid was actually a device to change the magnetic poles. Okay, can we recreate it to change the poles again?
What are some conspiracy theories that if true can actually lead to us doing something different? How can we benefit from knowing the "truth"?
No, actually, I don't.
Why would they be laid off? They can be put to work doing something different. They can study the new known reality! No way the government would use the situation to give money back to the poeple, they'd find a way to spend it and employ those people. Maybe delegate them to D&I Cheerleaders in other organizations or something. Hasn't anything over the last few decades taught you the people don't really care how badly they're getting fooled and ripped off by their government? If people cared there would have been a revolution 100 years ago.