The State Creates Conspiracy and Then Tells People to Stop Holding Conspiracy Theories
(Blog Post)
"The state, [Robert] Nisbet explained, seeks to undermine the family, the church, and the local community and to absorb functions otherwise performed by these human-scale entities." Bill Kauffman, Ain't My America.
"[S]ocial isolation increases the likelihood of holding [conspiracy theories]. Arthur Brooks.
Wow, that's quite the pickle. As the State grows, social isolation increases. As social isolation increases, the tendency to hold conspiracy increases.The pressure builds. It's the way things are.
On top of that, as the State grows, really bizarre things start to happen. Exhibit A: The Man with the Pubic Hair Jacket. Exhibit B: MK Ultra. Exhibit C: Iran-Contra. Exhibit D: COVID lock downs. Exhibit E: Free speech censorship at the command of a former beloved president. Exhibit F . . . F 'it. I need a much longer alphabet, but we eventually get to Epstein.