Once they control such seats of power, malicious conspirators too often choose to fortify themselves, denying equal access to all other points of view. They may even try to entirely purge all expression of the viewpoints they find most odious. This is exactly what has been happening to the Christian community in the United States during the past several decades. The power behind all conspiracies is action. Truth has a power of its own, but it must still be contended for.
Evil can win if righteousness defaults.
Therefore, evil conspiracies have an inherent momentum, derived from their built-in appeal to fallen men. Godly conspirators can never rest. Moral vacuums naturally fill with wickedness, but virtue must be pumped in. Godliness does not advance by osmosis. After the Civil War, American Christians began a long downward spiral of laziness, apathy, and excessive pietism.