I think the conspiracy* is modern anti-intellectualism, mocking creativity, and the promotion of the idea that respect, fame and wealth should be something that comes instantly when you're judged better than your peers rather than something that can be earned by hard work. The Kardashians are the result of that rather than the means.

* Conspiracy is the wrong word. I think it's quite transparent how society has be changed in to something that benefits the ultra-wealthy more than the rest.