Re:Charles Koch Says His Partisanship Was a Mistake
by throw0101a on Sunday November 15, 2020 @03:32PM
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> If the Federalist Society is some kind of "conspiracy"—one that you can join today, for fifty bucks!—then so is pretty much every other civic organization in existence.
The connotation of secrecy with the work "conspiracy" is only one definition. "Conspiracy" and "conspire" have the same root:
> A civil conspiracy or collusion is an agreement between two or more parties to deprive a third party of legal rights or deceive a third party to obtain an illegal objective.[1] A conspiracy may also refer to a group of people who make an agreement to form a partnership in which each member becomes the agent or partner of every other member and engage in planning or agreeing to commit some act.
> This is a list of political conspiracies. In a political context, a conspiracy refers to a group of people united in the goal of damaging, usurping, or overthrowing an established political power. Typically, the final goal is to gain power through a revolutionary coup d'état or through assassination. A conspiracy can also be used for infiltration of the governing system.
The connotation of secrecy with the work "conspiracy" is only one definition. "Conspiracy" and "conspire" have the same root:
> 1. the act of conspiring
* https://www.dictionary.com/browse/conspiracy
> 2. to act or work together toward the same result or goal: The wind and rain conspired to strip the trees of their fall color.
* https://www.dictionary.com/browse/conspire
> A civil conspiracy or collusion is an agreement between two or more parties to deprive a third party of legal rights or deceive a third party to obtain an illegal objective.[1] A conspiracy may also refer to a group of people who make an agreement to form a partnership in which each member becomes the agent or partner of every other member and engage in planning or agreeing to commit some act.
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conspiracy_(civil)
> This is a list of political conspiracies. In a political context, a conspiracy refers to a group of people united in the goal of damaging, usurping, or overthrowing an established political power. Typically, the final goal is to gain power through a revolutionary coup d'état or through assassination. A conspiracy can also be used for infiltration of the governing system.
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_political_conspiracies