Wednesday, June 04, 2003
Conspiracy
"It is also important for the State to inculcate in its subjects an
aversion to any 'conspiracy theory of history'; for a search for
'conspiracies' means a search for motives and an attribution of
responsibility for historical misdeeds. If, however, any tyranny imposed
by the State, or venality, or aggressive war, was caused not by the State
rulers but by mysterious and arcane 'social forces', or by the imperfect
state of the world or, if in some way, everyone was responsible ('We Are
All Murderers', proclaims one slogan), then there is no point to the
people becoming indignant or rising up against such misdeeds. Furthermore,
an attack on 'conspiracy theories' means that the subjects will become
more gullible in believing the 'general welfare' reasons that are always
put forth by the State for engaging in any of its despotic actions. A
'conspiracy theory' can unsettle the system by causing the public to doubt
the State's ideological propaganda.''
- Murray N. Rothbard, in The Anatomy of the State, 1965
"We must speak the truth about terror. Let us never tolerate outrageous conspiracy theories concerning the attacks of September the 11th, malicious lies that attempt to shift the blame away from the terrorists themselves, away from the guilty."
-- GW Bush speaking before the UN General Assembly 11/10/2001
posted by Vetzine
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