Who pulls the strings? In the depths of intriguePolitics and its shadow-realmThe unreadability of the worldEnigmas and misunderstandingsThe workings of the plotDemocracy and powerThe cause of all our illsHungry for mythsThe Prague cemetery: the backdrop to the plotSpokesmen for the deceivedSovereign ressentimentThe New World OrderThe "Great Replacement" and the QAnon patriotsThe extreme taste for the apocalypse. Hidden enemiesPopulism and the plotVictimhood and political powerlessnessOn the "heresy" of believers in plots: a critique of Umberto EcoTransparency and secrecy. In the pressIn praise of suspicionBeyond anti-conspiracismNotes