Reply #72: I don't believe in conspiracy theories. [View All]

[JackDragna]

At least, it takes a lot to convince me one is happening insofar as the conspiracy deals with world politics. I tend to be a skeptic because conspiracies as we commonly know them are unnecessary to keep the wealthy and powerful in control. When people can be moved to action by the mere use of advertisement, appeal to patriotism and tear-jerker argumentation, then the powerful have little use for conspiracy. We are our own worst enemies and the powerful know this. We are manipulated into doing their whim, believing it to be in our best interest. Things like Iran-Contra and the prison scandal weren't really conspiracies: they were merely secrets, the exposure of which has mostly led to massive disinterest from the public. Nobody significant in the Contra affair went to prison and nobody significant in the prison scandal will go to prison, either. Bush may be suffering some poll fallout from it, but give him time to raise money and give patriotic speeches and this, too, will pass. Remember when the country was angry about the Enron debacale and the president being in bed with corporate America? Now concern about that has disappeared like a fart in the wind.

Grandiose conspiracies can happen, to be sure, but the wealthy and powerful have little need of them. We dance to the tunes their pipers play. The only conspiracy that we ever really need to worry about is one always staring us in the face and, oddly enough, is the hardest to get the media to pay attention to amidst the speculation about who shot JFK, Jimmy Hoffa or was responsible for New Coke. It's the simple attempt by the wealthy and powerful to control our government, our lives and our freedom by using right-wing mouthpieces.