Whats so conspiracy about it?
Vitalik proposes a hard fork, big investors vote so they can get a bailout, people realize the scam that that is and ETC is born.
There's no conspiracy, ETC is an answer.
actually, there is... like to believe that vitalik is behind the etc, or the DAO attack were a inside attack.
all that isnt confirmed, so, till the moment, still just conspiracy.