The case for conspiracy theories

We tend to deny the existence of conspiracies. We assume that they’re too difficult to get away with, and stigmatize anyone who engages in “conspiracy theorizing.” This video pushes back on this, and argues for for why we need to stop trashing “conspiracy theorists.” It goes over real conspiracies that have happened, and how we’ve been propagandized to denigrate conspiracy theories. It also goes into the details of a real conspiracy, as told by the conspirators themselves.

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Books mentioned:
Conspiracy Theory in America, by Lee deHaven Smith: https://amzn.to/4iTKHoM
Weapons of Mass Instruction, by John Taylor Gatto: https://amzn.to/4jrLGg1
Conspiracy, by Ryan Holiday: https://amzn.to/4lkjQDT
Permanent Record, by Edward Snowden: https://amzn.to/3Emqh8R
Top Secret America, by Dana Priest and William Arkin: https://amzn.to/42p4rcV
Moneyland, by Oliver Bullough: https://amzn.to/43K57fg
Covert Regime Change, by Lindsey O’Rourke: https://amzn.to/4cmcc81
The CIA in Hollywood, by Tricia Jenkins: https://amzn.to/42BbyjC
Tragedy and Hope, by Carroll Quigley: https://amzn.to/4lbNB9Y
The Power Elite, by C. Wright Mills: https://amzn.to/42zKWQa
Understanding Power, by Noam Chomsky: https://amzn.to/3XRqjfI
The Master and his Emissary, by Iain McGilchrist: https://amzn.to/42xii22

Other books on conspiracies or propaganda:
Chaos, by Tom O’Neill: https://amzn.to/3FXyot8
American Exception, by Aaron Good: https://amzn.to/4iYxaw7
Propaganda, by Edward Bernays: https://amzn.to/420mIhN
The Plot to Seize the Whitehouse, Jules Archer: https://amzn.to/3YnX307
The Devil’s Chessboard, by David Talbot: https://amzn.to/43DOnGw
Secrets, by Daniel Ellsberg: https://amzn.to/44dfLeC