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[Explanation needed] that I made an extraordinary claim. It is interesting that people still think it is acceptable to call people crazy for claiming US govern
by pokemongoaway 9y ago
[Explanation needed] that I made an extraordinary claim.
It is interesting that people still think it is acceptable to call people crazy for claiming US government agencies are complicit in corruption.
- wallace_f 9y agoI made this same point a while back on HN and the response I received was >people are half a second between 'that's absurd, they're not doing that,' and 'of course it's always been that way.' In 1994, X-Files Season 1 Ep. 17 introduced the Lone Gunmen, a group of conspiracy theorists: >"The characters, who were used to help Mulder appear more credible" If you watch the episode, one of the main 'batshit insane'conspiracy theories they put forward was that the government is recording everyone's phone calls--then Scully rolls her eyes and Mulder appears skeptical. You have to admit, it is kind of crazy... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/E.B.E._(The_X-Files) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/E.B.E._(The_X-Files)
- pokemongoaway 9y agoIndeed, and I take it you've seen the pilot episode of the lone gunmen series?
- wallace_f 9y agoI haven't, but now I want to