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One
of the major changes in the past 50 years is the public's attitude,
in most countries, from believing most if not all of what the
government publically stated, to almost categorically dismiss
every public statement by authority as a lie. Today, the "conspiracy
viewpoint" has largely become the standard - even more so
in younger generations.
- 9/11
+ 11/22 = Conspiracy2
November 22, 1963
with the Kennedy Assassination and September 11, 2001 with
the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon should
respectively be seen as the seeding and the birth of a new
creature: “The Conspiracy Nation”.
- Report
from Iron Mountain
The “Report
from Iron Mountain” was a 1967 publication that claimed
to be a leaked, top secret government report. It argued that
though world peace was a nice idea, the economy of war was
such a vital part of global stability, it was difficult to
come up with substitutes. A hoax? Satire? Or the truth? For
more than three decades, the Report has been a cornerstone
of intelligent debate… sometimes.
- From
Eden to War
Is
there a hidden hand manipulating world events, trying to set
man against its own neighbour, promoting war whenever it can?
William Bramley felt this was indeed the case and reported
on his findings in his 1989 book “The Gods of Eden”,
which amongst all the conspiracy books out there, sits within
an often overlooked position.
- State-Sponsored
Terror in the Western World
Most
terrorist attacks in Europe, whether attributed to left-wing
or right-wing activists or even Islamist fundamentalists,
can be traced to actions by government-sponsored military
or intelligence agencies.
- The
Truths and Lies of WikiWorld
The free online
encyclopaedia Wikipedia is a democratically decided database
that has been open to abuse, but the advent of WikiScanner
has uncovered a web of deceit and disinformation.
- The
Manchurian Candidate
A novel and
twice made into a movie, Condon’s creation seems fiction
– as it seems so farfetched, could anyone believe it
is real? Nevertheless, Condon accurately reported on then
secret experiments. And perhaps the enormous scope and implications
of the people and powers involved may also conform to reality.
- 1984:
For the love of Big Brother
The concept of an
“Orwellian” society was expressed by George Orwell
in his epic novel 1984. Famous in the 1980s for its seemingly
prophetic title when a world was facing the Cold War, it has
since disappeared into the background… but perhaps its
message has now become all the more important?
- V
for Vendetta
From
the makers of The Matrix Trilogy, V for Vendetta paints the
story of a vengeful terrorist – or freedom fighter?
– which, whether in Thatcherite Britain of the 1980s
or Bush’s America after 9/11, has an eternal message.
- Wag
the Dog
In
1997, the world at large was still relatively innocent about
“political spin”. It is fair to say that the film
“Wag the Dog”, despite not being the biggest of
blockbusters, made an important contribution in the general
public’s understanding of political spin.
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Conspiracy Theory
In
1997, Conspiracy Theory, due to the lead roles being played
by Mel Gibson and Julia Roberts, introduced the movie audience
to the mindset of a conspiracy theorist… who turns out
to be correct.
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