Pedo ring, sacrifices, conspiracy theorist nobody believed, elite family controlling narrative & justice (lack thereof), ritual sacrifice, literal statements: "light vs dark" and "I cant tell you - you won't believe me. I have to show you."...
For real. Watch the first season. That writer absolutely knows the truth.
Not so sure lol. At least I hope not
I just did some digging into this... looks like Nic Pizzolatto, the creator of True Detective, got a lot of inspiration for this show from a book called "The Conspiracy Against the Human Race", by Thomas Ligotti. So much so, that he was accused of plagiarism.
Sounds like this is a dark, dark book. From the reviews, it makes the case that life is a curse, everything is rotten, we are "malignantly useless", and we'd all be better off not existing.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8524528-the-conspiracy-against-the-human-race
This sentence in a review caught my attention:
"So, True Detective fans, enjoy! (If "enjoy" is indeed the right word.) But don't expect Rust to chime in at the end and tell you that 'The Light is winning.'"