Re:Putin on the Ritz
by aaronem on Wednesday February 19, 2014 @04:18PM
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Oh, conspiracies, sure. You'd think that something called "conspiracy theory" would have more to do with them, wouldn't you? But the sort of person who, when presented with a big list of interests, would briefly consider checking the "conspiracy theory" box and then not just refrain from doing so in case the Men in Black might notice, but actually feel himself quite wise and clever for having entertained this train of thought, tends to be the sort of person who finds things which actually ever happen rather dull.
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The problem is there's also the inverse sort of person, who casually dismisses stuff that happens as "conspiracy theory".
The NSA eavesdropping on Americans? Conspiracy theory.
The head of FBI blackmailing politicians? Conspiracy theory.
And then, when such things came to light, there's this other person (ofter the same as the one dismissing them before), saying:
"Well, duh, we knew all along that something WAS happening, nothing new here...".
Between them it's nearly impossible to get a better understanding of the kind of shitty stuff governments and big corporations do.