Much of what he says is nonsense but the kernel of truth he possesses is so potentially lethal that it justifies his paranoia. Sure there are a lot of nuts investigating conspiracies these days and plenty of disinformation, just like in the daily newspaper. But just because the daily newspaper seeks to delude us by printing nonsensical claims that the Israeli government is benevolent and the Federal Reserve is Constitutional, doesn't mean that we should reject it when it prints a story about a local restaurant opening or our old elementary school teacher dying. We sift and analyze and continue to use the daily paper as a source about which we apply our powers of critical thinking and analysis. The fundamental wisdom concerning this world is that appearances are deceptive.
Nothing is what it seems.
In one scene he ties up traffic and eludes his high-tech pursuers in nothing more than a broken down old car abandoned on a bridge. Their response is to hoard all the money they can, find a hideout somewhere and wait out Armageddon. Millions have fallen victim to this paralysis. The resulting parodoxical heightened awareness mixed with jaded sensibilities produces delusions and ennui swirling in our midst like a vengeful phantom from the collective subconscious. Indeed, Mel Gibson is the son of a conspiracy theorist.