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Jews who do it all. A secret Jewish cabal
holds the puppet strings over all the
world’s governments, especially the US,
which is really just a proxy of Israel. All
wars are fought on Israel’s behalf, the Jews
control the media to stifle criticism of
their policies, and alleged incidents of
anti-Semitic discrimination and prejudice
are either greatly exaggerated, or outright
fabricated, in order to create public sym-
pathy.

I’m not oblivious to the fact that such

While once logic and solid evidence
were necessary elements in forming a
political world-view, increasingly, such
rational thinking is being eclipsed by
the easy answers and circular reason-
ing of conspiracy theories.

 

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fringe beliefs have found their way into
some sectors of the political right as well.
There are militia groups who remain
deeply paranoid about the creeping
effects of a sinister “New World Order”
being planned by the illuminati behind the
scenes. Every single politician is a social-
ist, communist, or worse, and the world as
we know it will probably collapse into a
totalitarian global-dictatorship within the
next few decades.

Other conspiracies are more main-

stream. In Canada, for example, our soci-
ety and political culture encourage us to
believe the “Americans” are engaged in
some elaborate conspiracy to take all of
our resources. The politicians love to drag

this one out when their numbers are low,
and accuse their opponents of being
complicit in the conspiracy to win votes.
Then of course there is also the secret
“Gay Agenda,” the military-industrial
complex, the all-powerful Vatican. The
list goes on and on.

It is not hard to understand the appeal
of conspiracy theories such as these. To
believe in one is to believe you hold a
monopoly on the truth, and are thus part
of a brilliant few who hold advanced
knowledge and insight that the rest of
ignorant society is oblivious to. To put
things in even simpler terms, conspiracies
are popular because they’re simple. They
bring certainty to those who would other-
find the world frustratingly
complicated and inconclusive. Was the
Iraq war launched due to a combination

wise

of President Bush’s political naiveté,
faulty CIA intelligence, emotional public

 

demand, and aggressive ideological advi-
sors? Or was it launched because “the
corporations” wanted oil? Or because
“the Jews” told Bush to? Which explana-
tion sounds coolest?

Perhaps the rising popularity of con-
spiratorial politics is simply yet another
sign of a society that is denigrating into a
culture of instant gratification and easy
answers. In the old days, if something
sounded too easy, it was deemed probably
not true. Sadly, the opposite now seems to
be the case, with complex explanations
being dismissed as the “propaganda” of
the elites, while the most simplistic con-
spiracy theories are praised for being
“unconventional” and “thought-provok-
ing.”

Ah well. If anyone needs me, I’ll be at
the Neocon Zionist meeting. The elders
are going to tell me what to write about
next week. Oops, did I say that out loud?

 

 

 

 

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