The power of conspiracy
Most conspiracy theories are just that— theories. That’s not to say conspiracies don’t abound in a world where the bottom line has always been a profit margin. But, if you want to get to the bottom of what’s really going on, all you really need to ask yourself is --- who most stands to benefit from the misery of others? Customarily, all that's ever been necessary in order to get a government’s people to follow blindly, is to bring out the innate sense of territoriality that lurks in all of us— a.k.a., patriotism.
The culprits for most of history’s darkest hours, are government & religion. Both are merely tools in the hands of the power hungry. Both have been used to shape whichever history that best suits the needs of that power. Such history usually advances the deleterious causes of those doing all the nation building.
Let’s face it. Some pretty questionable things have been done in the name of god or country. What better a way to get a people to start waving around flags, than to fan the flame of false patriotism? As for whether or not history is made or lost, based on conspiracy— the question’s rendered utterly academic without proof. Not to mention how plausible deniability is usually set firmly in place before any treachery even gets off the ground. That leaves little else but theory after theory.
But why this fascination w/ the idea of conspiracy? Well, for one thing, it’s one hell of a good way to attack those who you despise, or who you consider to be a threat to your ideals. The objects of our suspicion is often political or religious leaders, who are often the living embodiment of misdirection & deception. They often say one thing, while doing another behind the curtain. The image they project towards the public makes them out to be beacons of virtue. After all, morality is a good thing on which the self -righteous can lean, so as to throw off the aim of those who would expose them for what they are — liars.
Another thing that makes the notion of conspiracy so intriguing, whether real or imagined, is a little less dramatic. All of us need to believe in something greater than ourselves. An invisible man in the sky, space monkeys, what have you. Once we allow ourselves to feel comforted by such idealistic, if vain beliefs, we can go on about our menial lives. If the object of our belief is exposed as less than perfect, then denial comes rushing in to save us. Those who believe in fairy tales feel threatened about the idea of conspiracy, because it would mean a complete reevaluation of those things they’d once thought sacred. Those who long for change on the other hand, are eager to start examining the contradictory evidence that lays ignored all around. That’s so that we can finally begin to elevate ourselves beyond the outdated ideologies that have for so long now, been holding us back.
As for what really happened on 9/11— it’s not the evidence that points to conspiracy, but rather, the complete lack of it. Almost 7 years later, any allusions to that day are often shrouded in silence (unless they’re used to shame us into rooting for those who have little else on which to lean). The fact that there’s little said anymore about 9/11 (so far as the still unanswered questions are concerned that is), is suspicious, what w/ it being the single worst attack in contiguous U.S. history & all. For instance, shouldn’t there have been a declaration of remembrance, each & every year since that history changing day? I suppose not. Then people would start noticing the alarming number of incongruities that riddle the videos taken on that tragic day. The true tragedy however, is in how most people don’t even QUESTION all those anomalies. There’s plenty of evidence, theoretical or otherwise, that can make many of us feel comfortable in dropping the word "theory," and easily shout out "conspiracy!"— but who will give us afair shake?
Because of that, along w/ other reasons, it shames me to be American these days. To you who predictably suggest the same thing when anyone posits such shame, I'd LOVE to move! I don't have the luxory. What’s more, the anger can’t be vented properly. That leads to something even worse than the anger. That being, the profound sense of alienation one feels in even suggesting that something’s amiss. I pity those stalwart few who are brave enough to take a stand of dissent. Their defiance is often met w/ ridicule and insult. It makes me want to take my place at their side in support.
I long for the day when someone like Rosie O’Donnell, Charlie Sheen, President Jimmy Carter, & a handful of others are given credence to their claims of a vast conspiracy, or who at the very least --- suggest gross incompetence. The evidence of conspiracies should at least be considered. What would be the harm in a genuine presentation of the facts? The harm would come only to those who’ve been getting away w/ the overpowering the now silent enemies of the neo-conservative agenda. I can’t help but get a little nuts when talking about all this.
Speaking of nuts...
At the local bar here, while munching on beer nuts & drinking my diet coke, there’s this little party trick I like to do now & again. It involves the folding of any domestic $20 bill that was printed from 1994, on. Mind you, any bill before that, although cosmetically very similar— can’t even come close to revealing the crystal clear image of the stricken twin towers (& on a less impressive scale, the pentagon on the reverse side). Even the Bank of America building can be seen in the foreground. It’s as if someone was able to "intuit" what would happen 7 years in the future. Either that, or someone wanted to be able to show after the fact, that there was even TALK of such things behind certain closed doors. Then again, maybe it’s merely a coincidence. Most who see the $20 bill trick are convinced that it’s the latter, to which I reply:
"And Mt. Rushmore is the product of natural erosion." Then again, I’m pretty idealistic. I’d like to show that trick to everyone, using pre-9/11 bills if possible. At least it’d be good for a laugh.
Bar tricks aside, there are I think, far more convincing arguments in favor of conspiracy. If only documentaries such as "Loose Change," or "9/11: In Plane Sight" (along with a host of others)could be given the audiences here in the states that they’ve garnered internationally. I can’t help but wonder how the American public would view the posturing of those in power if it’s finally revealed, once & for all— what really took place on that cloudless September morning.
Unless apathy has set in to the point where our government can be orchestrating mass death, just in order to secure oil rights is deemed socially acceptable — I’d like to think America would make the necessary course correction should this be the case. It could start by holding those who were behind all the death on that day, & those deaths yet to come— as responsible. On a more selfish note, we who’ve known about conspiracy before the dust even settled, can finally be taken seriously. It'd be nice to get on w/ OUR lives, all of which could finally begin to unfold in a more hopeful future.
— Rickasaurus in Iowa
http://www.primalcast.com/
