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[OT] Do you subscribe to any conspiracy theories?
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<blockquote data-quote="willpax" data-source="post: 148935" data-attributes="member: 1602"><p>I've written a book on the creation of an anarchist "conspiracy" in the late 19th century, and have an abiding interest in conspiracy narratives in general. </p><p></p><p>I tend to see them as more than simply human pattern recognition gone wild, although that plays a large role. You tend to see conspiracy theories crop up among people who, on some level, feel that the world has become incomplrehensible and/or out of control. You don't understand why something is happening, so you create an answer that makes sense and allows for some kind of human agency--the conspiracy theory. </p><p></p><p>Industrialization in the 19th century removed local economies from local control and created much hardship. Why were things so grim and so completely out of insitutional control? Answer: an international anarchist conspiracy to undermine civilization. Did it exist? No. Did it justify a vast expansion in police power in the service of large corporations? Yes. Is there some one person or group coordinating all this? I seriously doubt it, although that implies that there is really no one in contol, which is a concept many people remain uncomfortable with. </p><p></p><p>Of course, I think of the World Trade Organization as a vast conspiracy, but I don't want this thread to descend into mere politics.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="willpax, post: 148935, member: 1602"] I've written a book on the creation of an anarchist "conspiracy" in the late 19th century, and have an abiding interest in conspiracy narratives in general. I tend to see them as more than simply human pattern recognition gone wild, although that plays a large role. You tend to see conspiracy theories crop up among people who, on some level, feel that the world has become incomplrehensible and/or out of control. You don't understand why something is happening, so you create an answer that makes sense and allows for some kind of human agency--the conspiracy theory. Industrialization in the 19th century removed local economies from local control and created much hardship. Why were things so grim and so completely out of insitutional control? Answer: an international anarchist conspiracy to undermine civilization. Did it exist? No. Did it justify a vast expansion in police power in the service of large corporations? Yes. Is there some one person or group coordinating all this? I seriously doubt it, although that implies that there is really no one in contol, which is a concept many people remain uncomfortable with. Of course, I think of the World Trade Organization as a vast conspiracy, but I don't want this thread to descend into mere politics. [/QUOTE]
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