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In reply to the discussion: Bilderberg 2012 - Conspiracy theorists please please please just GO AWAY [View all]Comrade_McKenzie
(2,526 posts)37. Don't let the absurd theories overtake the discussion of what is still suspicious...
This many rich and powerful people don't congregate for milk and cookies.
What they discuss will influence business and political decisions that will more than likely affect the 99% in adverse ways.
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Lars77
Jun 2012
OP
I never said capitalism is the enemy. I said predatory capitalism and neoliberalism.
Lars77
Jun 2012
#3
Capitalism is often chaotic. We need controlled chaos, often a hard nut to crack.
randome
Jun 2012
#13
yeah, it just "catches on". nevermind the 500 years of war, invasion, torture, colonializm, police
HiPointDem
Jun 2012
#38
I agree that the line between conspiracy theorist and rationality can seem blurred.
Lars77
Jun 2012
#14
They do want to create a global government. They've clearly stated it for decades.
Egalitarian Thug
Jun 2012
#20
That they want to create one global government? Come on i have to call BS on that.
Lars77
Jun 2012
#42
FFS. Look for yourself, this is no secret, there are accounts and quotes since the 70's that I know
Egalitarian Thug
Jun 2012
#48
Seems to me like some people actually think we will all be subjected to some global facist state
Lars77
Jun 2012
#26
I agree that we are probably less free today than 15 years ago, when you see police tactics,
Lars77
Jun 2012
#28
All politics = conspiracy. Schoolgirls conspire against their peers & but the rich & powerful
HiPointDem
Jun 2012
#39
They conspire to structure the world in the shape of their own desire, in large ways and small.
HiPointDem
Jun 2012
#45
Well said. I cannot fathom that people find this difficult to understand.
woo me with science
Jun 2012
#64
How did the world bank & imf come into being, and why are they dictating terms to the world?
HiPointDem
Jun 2012
#87
no, you tell me, because you're the one asserting no global conspracies/coordination.
HiPointDem
Jun 2012
#92
um, where did i say that, exactly? i asked you where the imf etc. came from -- why haven't
HiPointDem
Jun 2012
#97
i'm saying that imf, etc are supranational organizations run by private individuals outside
HiPointDem
Jun 2012
#102
where there's global empire, there's global conspiracy. the precise details no one can claim to
HiPointDem
Jun 2012
#85
Those things enforce class solidarity, which makes it easier for the upper to conspire against
HiPointDem
Jun 2012
#40
you're the one who talked about international education & boarding. besides which, the little
HiPointDem
Jun 2012
#43
Don't let the absurd theories overtake the discussion of what is still suspicious...
Comrade_McKenzie
Jun 2012
#37
Yup, you missed it by a mile, or two, or actually a couple light years.
nadinbrzezinski
Jun 2012
#55
His orgs often get in the way of on-line research for credible verifying links.
Mc Mike
Jun 2012
#95
there were people reporting on alec before 2009, & doing a better job than alex jones.
HiPointDem
Jun 2012
#67
wow, i always thought domhoff was a warhorse of the field. szasz was always a libertarian/winger
HiPointDem
Jun 2012
#96
ah. i see the problem, i was thinking of thomas szasz, never heard of andrew. thanks for
HiPointDem
Jun 2012
#99
that poster put me on ignore the first time i tried to correct a post of hers. so probably not.
HiPointDem
Jun 2012
#109
When secret government imports cocaine and the big banks launder the proceeds...
Octafish
Jun 2012
#63