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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wombat" data-source="post: 1514031" data-attributes="member: 8447">I was a huge X-Files fan for several years, even as the show started burning out before my eyese by becoming overly complicated.But as to the nub, conspiracies, I always compare them against Watergate.Watergate is held up as the ultimate "known" governmental conspiracy, but look at it -- what we call "Watergate" is actually a bungled after-the-fact attempt to hide what had already gone on.  After looking into similar crises through history, I have relegated almost all huge governmental conspiracies to this level.I do not believe that governments have the internal discipline and control or the long-term commitment to hide anything major.  It might work for a while, but what you would get more than anything is the "Hide The Elephant Behind The Column" idea -- they guy might try to tell you that there is no elephant behind the column, but as everyone can see it, as it sticks out rather alarmingly from both ends, the denial becomes a farce.  Sure, for a short time there might be a cover-up, even a succesful one, but long term?  Never.  Someone is bound to talk.So while conspiracy theories are charming, in that they allow for Vast Forces of Evil to be dictating our lives, most people involved in any government are just like us -- pretty ordinary folks who are a bit better in somethings, a bit worse in others, but generally self-interested and not EVIL.  The best most of us to muster in the EVIL department is petty, myself included  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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