Thread by @DemokratieDr

#conspiracy . People need this term to discredit any thought that suggests that the ruling class operates according to certain rules. Conspiracy means it's secret. It's not secret.
David Graeber

#conspiracytheorist #Conspiracytheory #Conspiracytheoryexpert

""Conspiracy theory" was a term the CIA came up with to publicly discredit anyone who exposed the truth about what the government was doing."
via @RealSpikeCohen

The term conspiracy theory was pushed by the CIA over 50 years ago to discredit doubters of the official interpretation of the Kennedy assassination

The mother of all conspiracies

The assassination of John F. Kennedy has been solved.
rubikon.news/artikel/die-mu… In a nutshell: The CIA did it. The CIA did not do it alone. The CIA didn't do it without diverse support from influential circles. But it was: the CIA.

Why was John F. Kennedy assassinated?
John F. Kennedy was considering replacing the Fed with a state central bank. He knew that the Fed was a private bank and not a government institution as was generally assumed.

The following speech is said to have been Kennedy's death sentence:

President John F Kennedy Secret Society Speech version 2

The term conspiracy theory is pure CIA framing pushed around the assassination of JFK to stifle speculation &discussion.
It is a litmus test for all the agents, spin doctors, stooges, gatekeepers and minders of the ruling families of the gigantic, illegitimate, criminal fortunes.

"Censorship apologists are running out of room for evasion. They first insisted that Twitter was not censoring disfavored views and then said that claims of secret throttling or shadow banning were "conspiracy theories.".." via @JonathanTurley

thehill.com/opinion/judici…

"Here we see the FBI using it as intended.

You'll notice they haven't disputed anything that came from the Twitter Files releases." via @RealSpikeCohen

https://twitter.com/MarioNawfal/status/1605687238146158593?s=20&t=9UMd94EavQZTYeZAXrPO8A

The professional #conspiracy theory expert is currently a lucrative business model.
Many sell themselves as influencers and gatekeepers to the ruling class of very large fortunes for their divide and rule strategy.
#conspiracytheorist #Conspiracytheory #Conspiracytheoryexpert

Never forget: There are people who make a living out of conspiracy theories, or out of defaming any system-critical thinking as a conspiracy theory:
"It's hard to make a person understand something when their pay depends on them not understanding it."
U. Sinclair

The ruling class and its stooges....
"Neoliberalism mobilises no small amount of objections [& stooges such as gatekeepers, influencers, agents of influence] to prevent the emergence of collectives that enforce their common interest."
Herbert Schui

As soon as they confuse power with politics &, as a "professional activist" & then professional politician/influencer, they no longer escape the voracious demands of the political in the service of the rulers rather than society, many become alienated, dependent political zombies

Conspiracy theories only exist because governments often commit and plan crimes and lie about them with the help of the mass media, which forces people to only guess what is happening behind the opaque wall of government secrecy.

It is about the power of language and the domination of dominant narratives.
The language of power
The term "conspiracy theory" is used as a weapon in the fight against free thought.

Woke pseudo leftists as 5th column of the ruling families of the gigantic, unlawful, criminal fortunes Gatekeepers, influencers, agents of influence, experts, #COINTELPRO, Integrity Initiative, countless think tanks, astroturfings #LastGeneration ..., controlled NGOs....

distract the majority of people (the dominated classes) from their dominators the ruling class of very large fortunes and their permanent class war from above, their wars and redistribution upwards.

Every criminologist works with investigative hypotheses, which can also be called conspiracy theories, since every criminologist must first work with assumptions and conjectures. What is the difference between the two theories?

The Covid planemie and the mRNA gene therapy, sold as Covid vaccination, make(s) some corrupt politicians, doctors, scientists and "experts" rich and feed(s) various influencers & hirelings.

The Covid measures themselves make(ed) the rich even richer &very many even poorer and even drive(ed) many into ruin and at the same time society was and still is deprived of freedom

The fact-checkers in the service of the ruling families of the gigantic, illegitimate, criminal fortunes and the governments they control are the newest professional group in the "truth ministries" of the rulers.

Why the western governments have lost trust & the people have no faith in these people anymore .. it’s not about what “Conspiracy Theory” did you hear.. it’s not even that deep. They lied,..we still give them the power. It’s so weird lol. twitter.com/JamesMelville/…

https://twitter.com/LegendaryEnergy/status/1605681802512777216?s=20&t=9UMd94EavQZTYeZAXrPO8A

https://twitter.com/sneako/status/1605681524556406791?s=20&t=9UMd94EavQZTYeZAXrPO8A

"The difference between "conspiracy theory" and reality is frequently that reality is worse." via @TonyClimate

Every consideration and every attempt at discourse on the necessity and on the harm and benefit of individual Corona measures was and is defamed in the direction of conspiracy theories and finally even judged as anti-Semitism.

I am happy when our governments suddenly put human life and the health of every individual above the greed for profit of capital. But does it do so with Corona?
What about the wars, hospital germs, poverty...malaria...?

What about the often inhumane conditions in our profit-driven hospitals and old people's homes with their countless victims due to the Covid measures?
Whereby very few died directly from Covid, but only with and in connection with Corona from isolation and poor care....

Why are there no proper statistics where only those who died directly from Covid are counted as Covid victims?

Why are all those who died only with or in connection with Covid not assigned to their actual causes of death such as hospital germs or heart muscle inflammation due to mRNA gene therapy, of course...?

How can society (politics) decide on reasonable and appropriate measures if the relevant data is not collected and all decisions are based only on theories of government experts (scientists) who reject any scientific discourse?

Where were and are there updated comparisons of all currently available corona mRNA gene therapies with all real vaccines known so far, their effects and side effects, so that the responsible citizen, advised by a doctor, ...

can decide for or against a mRNA gene therapy or vaccine and in general for or against mRNA gene therapy or vaccination?

How independent are our governments, government experts and institutions like the WHO from Big Pharma or its major shareholders like Bill Gates and their foundations?

I question our capitalist system, this class struggle from above, and I want to overcome it. I don't need conspiracy theories for that.

The conspiracy theories only serve to distract and deter from the discourses and are a business model for gatekeepers, fact-checkers, conspiracy theory experts, influencers, rent-a-mouths of the ruling class....

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An honest politics of conscience that has freed itself from power and which, without exception, justly serves the welfare of society as a whole, does not generate conspiracy theory and does not need to fear it.

https://twitter.com/JamesMelville/status/1602542570013343745?s=20&t=UxSKIblBUBCwYyga5lxYzQ

There’s a conspiracy theory that the CIA invented the term ‘conspiracy theory’ – here’s why
theconversation.com/theres-a-consp…

"Conspiracy theories have a long history, but the actual term “conspiracy theory” emerged much more recently. It was only a few decades ago that the term took on the derogatory connotations it has today, where to call someone a conspiracy theorist functions as an insult.

So it may come as no surprise that there is even a conspiracy theory about the origins of the label. This conspiracy theory claims that the CIA invented the term in 1967 to disqualify those who questioned the official version of John F Kennedy’s assassination

and doubted that his killer, Lee Harvey Oswald, had acted alone." @ConversationUK

"There are even two versions of this conspiracy theory. The more extreme version claims that the CIA literally invented the term in the sense that the words “conspiracy” and “theory” had never been used before in combination.

A more moderate version acknowledges that the term existed before, but claims that the CIA intentionally created its negative connotations and so turned the label into a tool of political propaganda." @ConversationUK

"The more moderate version has been particularly popular in recent years for two reasons. First, it is very easy to disprove the more extreme claim that the CIA actually invented the term.

As a search on Google Books quickly reveals, the term “conspiracy theory” emerged around 1870 and began to be more frequently used during the 1950s. Even die-hard conspiracy theorists have a hard time trying to ignore this.

Second, the more moderate version received a big boost in popularity a few years ago when American political scientist Lance DeHaven-Smith propagated it in a book published by a renowned university press." @ConversationUK

"Ever since the Warren Commission concluded that a lone gunman assassinated President John F. Kennedy, people who doubt that finding have been widely dismissed as conspiracy theorists, despite credible evidence that right-wing elements in the CIA, FBI, and Secret Service—

and possibly even senior government officials—were also involved. Why has suspicion of criminal wrongdoing at the highest levels of government been rejected out-of-hand as paranoid thinking akin to superstition?"

Conspiracy Theory in America investigates how the Founders’ hard-nosed realism about the likelihood of elite political misconduct—articulated in the Declaration of Independence—has been replaced by today’s blanket condemnation of conspiracy beliefs as ludicrous by definition.

Lance deHaven-Smith reveals that the term “conspiracy theory” entered the American lexicon of political speech to deflect criticism of the Warren Commission and traces it back to a CIA propaganda campaign to discredit doubters of the commission’s report.

He asks tough questions and connects the dots among five decades’ worth of suspicious events, including the assassinations of John and Robert Kennedy, the attempted assassinations of George Wallace and Ronald Reagan,

the crimes of Watergate, the Iran-Contra arms-for-hostages deal, the disputed presidential elections of 2000 and 2004, the major defense failure of 9/11, and the subsequent anthrax letter attacks.

Sure to spark intense debate about the truthfulness and trustworthiness of our government, Conspiracy Theory in America offers a powerful reminder that a suspicious, even radically suspicious, attitude toward government is crucial to maintaining our democracy."

"Smoking gun
Although they make differing claims about the origin and development of the term, the proponents of both versions invariably point to an official CIA document called Concerning Criticism of the Warren Report as their smoking gun.

It was released in 1976 after The New York Times requested it under the Freedom of Information Act."
@ConversationUK

"The document expresses concern about the considerable number of people who doubted the official investigation into Kennedy’s murder, the Warren Commission, which found that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone. It also aims to equip CIA contacts with arguments against those who

challenge the findings &the official version of the event. For example, it emphasises that nobody in their right mind would have chosen someone as unstable as Oswald as a pawn in a larger plot. &it points out the logical fallacies of these alternative accounts." @ConversationUK

"One may find the CIA’s attempt to influence public opinion problematic. But there is not a single sentence in the document that indicates the CIA intended to weaponise, let alone introduce the term “conspiracy theory” to disqualify criticism.

In fact, “conspiracy theory” in the singular is never used in the document. “Conspiracy theories” in the plural is only used once, matter-of-factly in the third paragraph:" @ConversationUK

"The authors of the document deploy the term in a very casual manner and obviously do not feel the need to define it. This indicates that it was not a new term but already widely used at the time to describe alternative accounts.

At no time do the authors recommend using the label “conspiracy theory” to stigmatise alternative explanations of Kennedy’s assassination. This suggests that the term had not yet acquired the same level of negativity it possesses today." @ConversationUK

"Why people believe it
The far more interesting issue, for me, is why this conspiracy theory emerged and why so many people believe in it. No scholar has yet fully charted the course of this particular theory, so it’s hard to pinpoint exactly when it emerged.

But it is safe to assume that it was during the 1980s or 1990s based on cursory investigations.
skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/nope…

It was only in the 1980s that the term “conspiracy theory” began to really have the negative connotations we associate with it today. So the conspiracy theory about the term’s origins was likely a reaction to this growing negativity." @ConversationUK

"From at least the 17th century to the 1950s, conspiracy theories were a widely accepted way of understanding the world and often the official versions of events. They were articulated by elites and usually targeted external enemies or ...

subversives who were allegedly trying to undermine the state. It was only during the late 1950s and early 1960s that conspiracy theories started to become a stigmatised way of explaining big events." @ConversationUK

"One side-effect of this move from the mainstream to the margins of society was that conspiracy theories started to primarily target societal and political elites. They are no longer concerned with alleged plots against the state but with those orchestrated by the state."

Another side-effect of this new stigma was that the label conspiracy theory or theorist became a pejorative term. The Kennedy assassination was the first major instance in which conspiracy theorists accused the state of secretly plotting evil and provided alternative accounts

that were then labelled conspiracy theories, as in the 1967 CIA document.

So it is hardly surprising that conspiracy theorists – who blame events on the intentional actions of evil people – retrospectively see the emergence of the term as a deliberate attempt to uphold the official version of the Kennedy assassination." @ConversationUK

I refuse to accept the term "conspiracy theory" as a valid and all-encompassing pejorative. Many hirelings of the system have written works that first concede that conspiracies exist, only to try to dismiss them on the basis of other than actual evidence,

or to defame them as generally sick. or crackpot or even anti-Semitic in motive. This is as illogical as it is common, I insist on the obvious:

that we should expect the ruling families of gigantic fortunes to conspire, that we should look at events on a case-by-case basis and develop sound criteria for evaluation based on facts rather than ideology, faith or unjustified fantasies.

The CIA has systematically taken steps to make all conspiracy theorists appear to be madmen. At the same time, the development of the term conspiracy theory is an object lesson in how governments manipulate events and news reporting to their own advantage.

It is a great challenge to change the assignment of the infamous label "conspiracy theory", which prevents (is supposed to prevent) any critical analysis and discourse, back into a positive notion of critical thinking (reflection and examination).

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What remains of the human being (of the dominated classes) when he only thinks (can and is allowed to think) what he is supposed to think (in the interest of the rulers of the gigantic, unjust, criminal fortunes)?

What remains of the possible, unique life of each individual human being (of the dominated class) if he, through a manipulated and above all manipulating society (media, education, narratives, Overton windows/framing, nudging, wokeness, fear-mongering, repression...)

only lives the life he is supposed to live in the interest of the gigantic, unlawful, criminal fortunes?

Any thought of a society free of domination, classless, of the greatest possible freedom, welfare, participation and diversity for all people without exception, that goal of the permanently demonised ideas such as socialism, communism & anarchism, is to be prevented at the outset

People should become capitalocentric, that is, they should no longer be able to imagine/think of a life outside capitalism, i.e. without the rule of the ruling families/class of gigantic, unlawful, criminal fortunes.