(NIV) Isaiah 8:12 "Do not call conspiracy everything that these people call conspiracy; do not fear what they fear, and do not dread it.
(KJV) Isaiah 8: 12 Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid.

Apparently, conspiracies/confederacies promote fear. The key thing here for me is not to fear them but to fear Him (for this is the beginning of wisdom). Blessings!