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Tin foil hats, Vast Right Wing Conspiracy, you name it.
You got LIHOP, MIHOP, Kennedy, Wellstone, Enron, and now the blackout. But I am a fan of our conspiracy theories. I subscribe to many of them.
Over the summer (while on hiatus from DU) I started thinking, wondering why all the Right wing conspiracy theory wackos weren't suspicious about 9/11 or anything like that. But then I started looking at the core, fundamental differences between the conspiracies.
Finally, I arrived at my thesis:
The extreme right and the extreme left both have their own set of conspiracy theories. While both show that each respective party feels that it cannot trust anyone who is an outsider, the suspected people behind conspiracies differ depending on one's political persuasion. Left-wing theories usually revolve around an opressive, secretive government that relies on lies, deception, covert operations and secret murders to hold and maintain power, as well as to keep the populus in check. Right-wing conspiracies, however, tend to center on external threats. Among these are immigrants, other countries, and, most popularly, space aliens.
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