Any forays outside the mainstream is bound to lead into the land of radical conspiracy theories. Without a understanding of history as a basis of thought the only thing you're going to gain is a massive dose of paranoia.
Who doesn't love a good conspiracy theory though?
|
Quote:
The dubious claims of concentration camps under construction now being circulated by the left have their exact parallels in the equally dubious rumors about black helicopters and uniformed UN troops on America’s highways in the aftermath of Clinton’s 1992 electoral victory.
More generally, it’s remarkable to see how much of today’s left-wing thinking has its roots in the ideas of the extreme right a half century ago. Trace back the rhetoric today’s radicals use to denounce the Council on Foreign Relations and multinational corporations to its source, and you’ll find an unlikely godparent: Robert Welch, founder and chief ideologue of the John Birch Society, who made all the same accusations in the 1950s under the banner of extreme conservatism.
- John Michael Greer, Fascism, Feudalism, and the Future |
The end result according to Greer is that a scapegoat is invented. Which provides clues to how the future will unfold. For the right it is/was socialists/communists, to the left it's mostly George W. Bush. To that extent Dubya has had a greater effect on the American left, then he ever will on the political right.
Jam it back in, in the dark.
85240
35212
Similar Threads
Watts