Intransparant and manipulative governance has only itself to thank for it. The mistrust, at least, is entirely merited. — Tzeentch
What would cultural equality entail? — ToothyMaw
It wouldn't be completely wrong to say conspiracy theorists endorse some version of Modal Realism, a position that seems to blur the lines between possibility and actuality and those who aren't conspiracy theorists seem more familiar, intuitively or by exposure, with Probability Theory — TheMadFool
why do a subclass of conspiracy theory when you can have a class of its own that functions as an antithesis to conspiracy theory. — Caldwell
Yes, but also educationally and politically. — ToothyMaw
In fact, it can be speculated that some people seek positions of power precisely to compensate for their deeply felt powerlessness. — baker
Isn't that just a theory? Why use the specific name of a currently much discussed phenomenon if that's not actually what you want to talk about? — Echarmion
"Racial equality" is a state in which people of all colors share equal opportunity, and, thus, equal outcome. — ToothyMaw
Once a person has internalized and generalized that sense of powerlessness, narratives aligned with that powerlessness will appeal to them. — baker
Do you know people like that in your life? In both camps? I do. — Caldwell
First, a conspiracy theory will adopt the aesthetics of a scientific or forensic analysis but will cherry pick it's results, using bad epistemology to justify this (see the zetetic method for an emblematic example). — Echarmion
People who feel powerless seem to be more prone toward conspiracy theories. — baker
... Appolodufus (he neither denied it nor confirmed it when I put it point blank to him that he was a user on the other site). — god must be atheist
Are you in fact ImmanuelCan from the other forum? Yes, or no, it actually is neither here nor there, I'm just curious. — god must be atheist
Personally, I very rarely frequent online forums. I happen to work from home at the moment so I have a bit of spare time to engage in discussions here. — Apollodorus
In reality this philosophy ultimately leads to increasing levels of inequality. For the simple reason that money is power and power corrupts. — TaySan
I do think it's important to consider conspiracy theories on a case by case basis, and avoid dismissing them on the basis of the political views of the person advocating for them (genetic fallacy). — bert1
The future just involves more and more programmed social behavior, where people will become less and less free and not even realize it because they have been manipulated into accepting servitude. — darthbarracuda
The problem with Capitalism is that it rewards shameless opportunism. While I'm only discounting so much as to your claims of Rockefellers, what I'm suggesting is that, if you keep on as you have, you'll be following that paper trial forever, as it just doesn't lead anywhere. — thewonder
In the meantime, however, I would suggest to continue to render apparatuses of social control inoperative — thewonder
My point is that if Nazi's were ostentatiously godless, as is often argued, they would have deliberately chosen something more pagan or secular, — Tom Storm
It is NOT exclusively a Prussian military tradition. — god must be atheist
I'm not even entirely sure as to what Sullivan & Cromwell has to do with David Rockefeller. — thewonder
They also had "God is with us" festooned on Nazi/Wehrmacht belt buckles. — Tom Storm
What do you mean? Why am I going on and on about this? Look at yourself in the mirror. — god must be atheist
I don't think that it's fair of you to allege any indoctrination, though. — thewonder
Well, if you start like that, I wonder how many people who are singled out as a group like having these attributes blindly attached to them? — god must be atheist
I'm just saying that they didn't set up British or American intelligence. That's what I thought that you had said, but, perhaps, I have misread you? — thewonder
Some people are frankly too frightened of life to engage in reflection. In all this the salient question is always to what extent people will be rewarded or punished for doing this - by their own thought systems or by the family and culture they live in. — Tom Storm
That's just speculation, though. — thewonder
But you may be onto something, A- it may not be wrong to say people come to ideas for emotional reasons. Now how would you test for that? — Tom Storm
I apologize for hi-jacking your thread to talk about crypto-vanguardism within the Communization current. — thewonder
Only you are interested in talking about this, however, and you just seem to be making an attempt to divert the conversation to one about the Fabians, of which you already have a thread going on. — thewonder
Because there was nowhere else to do so, I had to use the forum to leave a set of points out there for someone on the internet to find. — thewonder
What I'm saying is that the Rockefellers did not have the control over the intelligence community that you have alleged — thewonder
↪Apollodorus ↪3017amen You two should stop jerking each other off. It's disgusting and unbecoming on a philosophy site. — tim wood
And anyway, @Seditious has already admitted that he is an atheist who hopes that God doesn't exist. So, that already answers the question. There is nothing more to be said unless you want to start a new thread. — Apollodorus
I don't know you're on about. Everyone agreed with you in that discussion about the SPD's alliance with the German military. Besides, no one here knows anything about the far-Left and everyone just takes my idiosyncratic theories for psychobabble. — thewonder
I am here for critical analysis, but get put off when it gets so petty, but try to rise beyond this — Jack Cummins
And it's a forum, which means that a few work and pay while others play. And that all of us who participate should just say, "Thank you!" - at least once in a while. — tim wood