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A comment on Necessary Illusions: Thought Control in Democratic Societies [pdf]. Parent comment

Re:Necessary Illusions: Thought Control in Democratic Societ... by pydry on Saturday July 01, 2023 @08:10AM (#36549240)
>My point is that some people just hate the USA, think everything bad is somehow the USA's fault

Some people write off every CIA plot as a harebrained conspiracy theory until they publish the papers about it 50 years later.

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Re:Necessary Illusions: Thought Control in Democratic Societ... by msla on Saturday July 01, 2023 @08:34AM (#36549438)
"Nothing happens without the CIA" is just as comforting as "Nothing happens without God" I suppose; both presuppose the existence of an all-powerful entity controlling everything, as a ward against having to acknowledge randomness and absurdity.
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Re:Necessary Illusions: Thought Control in Democratic Societ... by pydry on Sunday July 02, 2023 @07:52AM (#36560567)
You seem to be implying that you fall into this group.
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