“The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country.”3And what does the “invisible government” seek to consciously and intelligently manipulate? our memories? awareness? language? definitions? history? common sense? moral compass?
Amusingly, it seems that the “asset” that drafted Wiki's “Conspiracy Theory” wasn't on-hand to draft the “Conspiracy” entry:
A conspiracy is a secret plan or agreement between persons (called conspirers or conspirators) for an unlawful or harmful purpose, such as murder or treason, especially with political motivation, while keeping their agreement secret from the public or from other people affected by it. In a political sense, conspiracy refers to a group of people united in the goal of usurping, altering or overthrowing an established political power. Depending on the circumstances, a conspiracy may also be a crime, or a civil wrong.4NOR was the drafter on deck for the lengthy, linked “list of political conspiracies”5—a partial list beginning with 1552 BCE. Nor did anyone refer to the admitted conspiracies of Operation Northwoods;6 nor numerous other Conspiracy Operations / Projects eventually proven like: Paperclip, Chaos, Condor, Mockingbird, Popeye, Phoenix, etc., etc., etc.7 Nor did anyone acknowledge the numerous conspiracy references in Scripture.8
Conspiracy is so endemic to human nature, literature, and history that it boggles the conscious mind that any thinking soul can so disdainfully dismiss causal explorations for events as flagrant, unreasonable, paranoid, unsupportable, bunk theorizing. Besides, what is theory anyway, but a way to explore or understand events from a background of prior and continuing observation and experience? If only we would permit ourselves to see things as they really are and then have the chutzpah to refuse intimidation by Bernayzian manipulators (which constitute conspiracies in and of themselves).
Of course, not all events have conspirators, but to shut ourselves off from a 360° investigation of an event is to invite deception upon deception by persons without conscience (PWOCs) who have elevated themselves to positions of high power by “virtue” of our gullibility, passivity, or apathy. Plainly put, PWOCs are conspiracy and power junkies concealing hypocrisy beneath masks of genius and merit.
If old Isaiah is right that this world turns things upside down,9 let us re-vert the Wikipedia definition of conspiracy theory10:
A conspiracy theory is [a possible] explanation of an event or situation that invokes a conspiracy by sinister and powerful actors, often political in motivation wh[ich is statistically probable considering the history of conspiracies throughout the ages]. The term has [been given] a pejorative connotation [as a diversion and cover by ”Intelligence” manipulators], implying that the appeal to a conspiracy is based on prejudice or insufficient evidence [which is often the reverse of the case]. Conspiracy theor[y deny-ers] resist [evidence] and are reinforced by circular reasoning: both evidence [for] the conspiracy and an absence of evidence [against] it, are re-interpreted as evidence of [no conspiracy] and the [“perceived” lack of] conspiracy becomes a matter of faith rather than proof.Science is always pursuing theories as are criminal investigators—thus pursuing a theory might be the beginning of wisdom. Therefore, let us refuse henceforth to be manipulated by Bernayzian patsies and devotees. Let us re-badge “conspiracy theorist” as a theorist / analyst who explores and views the world as it often is, was, and will in all likelihood continue.
Research suggests, on a psychological [and societal] level, [that] conspiracist [denial]—[refusal to consider the possibility of] conspiracy theories—can be harmful or pathological, and is highly correlated with psychological [submissiveness to authority and co-dependency], as well as with paranoia [of open minds] which is predicted by the degree of a person's Machiavellian [urge to silence and quash opponents]. Conspiracy theor[y deny-ers] once limited to [trusting, MSM] audiences [or paid shills] have become commonplace in [the troll- and shill-infested internet and] mass media, emerging as a cultural phenomenon of the late 20th and early 21st centuries
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1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conspiracy_theory
2. Edward Bernays: author of Propaganda ; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Bernays
3. (Source: https://www.amazon.com/Propaganda-Edward-Bernays-ebook/dp/B0097D76MG/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2NLE7CZI9MORU&keywords=propaganda+bernays&qid=1570053969&sprefix=propaganda%2Caps%2C210&sr=8-1 | “Edward Bernays (1891–1995), pioneered the scientific technique of shaping and manipulating public opinion, which he famously dubbed “engineering of consent.” During World War I, he was an integral part of the U.S. Committee on Public Information (CPI), a powerful propaganda apparatus that was mobilized to package, advertise and sell the war to the American people as one that would “Make the World Safe for Democracy.” The CPI would become the blueprint in which marketing strategies for future wars would be based upon. // Bernays applied the techniques he had learned in the CPI and, incorporating some of the ideas of Walter Lipmann, became an outspoken proponent of propaganda as a tool for democratic and corporate manipulation of the population.”
I first became aware of this Edward Bernays' quote while listening to John OLoughlin on his YouTube channel: McDuff: Kennedy's Man to Smash the CIA.
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conspiracy
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_political_conspiracies
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Northwoods
7. Just wiki the Operations named or review any of
● Hall, John. Guinea Pigs: Technologies of Control.
● Horn, Thomas; Horn, Nita. Forbidden Gates: How Genetics, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Synthetic Biology, Nanotechnology, and Human Enhancement Herald The Dawn Of TechnoDimensional Spiritual Warfare.
● McCoy, Alfred W.. The CIA's Secret Research on Torture: How Psychologists Helped Washington Crack the Code of Human Consciousness.
● Meerloo, Dr. Joost A. M.. The Rape of the Mind: The Psychology of Thought Control, Menticide, and Brainwashing.
● Monteith, Dr. Stanley. Brotherhood of Darkness.
● Prouty, L. Fletcher. The Secret Team: The CIA and Its Allies in Control of the United States and the World.
● Ross M.D., Colin A.. The CIA Doctors: Human Rights Violations By American Psychiatrists.
● Ross M.D., Colin A.. Military Mind Control: A Story of Trauma and Recovery.
● Rutz, Carol. A Nation Betrayed: Secret Cold War Experiments Performed on our Children and Other Innocent People.
● Scura, John; Phillips, Dane. Battle Hymn: Revelations of the Sinister Plan for a New World Order.
● Simpson, Christopher. Science of Coercion: Communication Research & Psychological Warfare, 1945–1960 (Forbidden Bookshelf 13)
● Valentine, Douglas. The CIA as Organized Crime: How Illegal Operations Corrupt America and the World. Also The Phoenix Program: America's Use of Terror in Vietnam (Forbidden Bookshelf 5).
8. (All bold emphasis in Scripture added.)
Old Testament | Genesis 37:18 ~ And when they saw him [Joseph] afar off, even before he came near unto them, they [his brothers] conspired against him to slay him.
Old Testament | 1 Samuel 22:13 ~ And Saul said unto him, Why have ye conspired against me, thou and the son of Jesse, in that thou hast given him bread, and a sword, and hast enquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?
Old Testament | 2 Samuel 15:12 ~ And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counsellor, from his city, even from Giloh, while he offered sacrifices. And the conspiracy was strong; for the people increased continually with Absalom.
Old Testament | 2 Samuel 15:31 ~ And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.
Old Testament | 1 Kings 15:27 ~ And Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him; and Baasha smote him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel laid siege to Gibbethon.
Old Testament | 1 Kings 16:9 ~ And his servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots, conspired against him,
Old Testament | 2 Kings 9:14 ~ So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram.
Old Testament | 2 Kings 10:9 ~ behold, I conspired against my master,
Old Testament | 2 Kings 12:19-20 ~ And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and slew Joash in the house of Millo, which goeth down to Silla.
Old Testament | 2 Kings 14:19 ~ Now they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem: and he fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there.
Old Testament | 2 Kings 15:10 ~ And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and smote him before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.
Old Testament | 2 Kings 15:15 ~ And the rest of the acts of Shallum, and his conspiracy which he made, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
Old Testament | 2 Kings 15:25 ~ But Pekah the son of Remaliah, a captain of his, conspired against him, and smote him in Samaria, in the palace of the king's house,
Old Testament | 2 Kings 15:30 ~ And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in his stead, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.
Old Testament | 2 Kings 17:4 ~ And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and brought no present to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year: therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison.
Old Testament | 2 Kings 21:23-24 ~ And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the king in his own house. And the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon;
Old Testament | 2 Chronicles 24:21 ~ And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the LORD.
Old Testament | 2 Chronicles 24:26 ~ And these are they that conspired against him; Zabad the son of Shimeath an Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith a Moabitess.
Old Testament | 2 Chronicles 25:27 ~ Now after the time that Amaziah did turn away from following the LORD they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; and he fled to Lachish: but they sent to Lachish after him, and slew him there.
Old Testament | 2 Chronicles 33:24-25 ~ And his servants conspired against him, and slew him in his own house. But the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon;
Old Testament | Psalms 37:12 ~ The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.
Old Testament | Jeremiah 11:9 ~ And the LORD said unto me, A conspiracy is found among the men of Judah, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
Old Testament | Ezekiel 22:25 ~ There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the midst thereof.
Old Testament | Nehemiah 4:8 ~ And conspired all of them together to come and to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it.
New Testament | Acts 23:12-13 ~ And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul. And they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy.
Book of Mormon | Alma 2:21 ~ And Alma sent spies to follow the remnant of the Amlicites, that he might know of their plans and their plots, whereby he might guard himself against them, that he might preserve his people from being destroyed.
Book of Mormon | Helaman 6:30 ~ And behold, it is he who is the author of all sin. And behold, he doth carry on his works of darkness and secret murder, and doth hand down their plots, and their oaths, and their covenants, and their plans of awful wickedness, from generation to generation according as he can get hold upon the hearts of the children of men.
Doctrine and Covenants | Section 84:16 ~ And from Enoch to Abel, who was slain by the conspiracy of his brother, ...
Doctrine and Covenants | Section 89:4 ~ In consequence of evils and designs which do and will exist in the hearts of conspiring men in the last days, I have warned you, and forewarn you, by giving unto you this word of wisdom by revelation—
Doctrine and Covenants | Section 135:7 ~ They were innocent of any crime, as they had often been proved before, and were only confined in jail by the conspiracy of traitors and wicked men;
9. Old Testament | Isaiah 29:15-16 ~ Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us? Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter's clay:
10. From Wikipedia: A conspiracy theory is an explanation of an event or situation that invokes a conspiracy by sinister and powerful actors, often political in motivation,[2][3] when other explanations are more probable.[4] The term has a pejorative connotation, implying that the appeal to a conspiracy is based on prejudice or insufficient evidence.[5] Conspiracy theories resist falsification and are reinforced by circular reasoning: both evidence against the conspiracy and an absence of evidence for it, are re-interpreted as evidence of its truth,[5][6] and the conspiracy becomes a matter of faith rather than proof.[7][8] Research suggests, on a psychological level, conspiracist ideation—belief in conspiracy theories—can be harmful or pathological,[9][10] and is highly correlated with psychological projection, as well as with paranoia, which is predicted by the degree of a person's Machiavellianism.[11] Conspiracy theories once limited to fringe audiences have become commonplace in mass media, emerging as a cultural phenomenon of the late 20th and early 21st centuries.[12][13][14][15]
