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Your assumption here is that the other commenter is projecting some kind of perfect planning, coordination, foresight and execution onto these agencies. But th
by jddj 7y ago
Your assumption here is that the other commenter is projecting some kind of perfect planning, coordination, foresight and execution onto these agencies.
But they can be doing evil things which are in their interest without it being some situation of perfect control. It's simply that: evil shit they hope they can get away with, which if successful will probably be in their interests.
Throughout history, this has been the norm for any group with power but without sufficient oversight.
- diminoten 7y agoGroups of people doing evil things a conspiracy theory does not make. Conspiracy theories are about alternative and under-substantiated explanations of already-explained events. "Evil shit" happens. Coordinated disinformation campaigns to misdirect the public over a long period of time by large unknown groups does not. My "assumption" is not any kind of strawman absurdist extreme (I never said anything about perfection but nice try), it's simply the reality that conspiracy theories are hallmarked by three distinct attributes that make them categorically nonsense: lack of relevant and credible evidence, lack of falsifiability, and lack of predictiveness. They literally meet none of the criteria of the definition of a theory, which is why they're a joke and have no place in rational conversation.
- hanniabu 7y ago> Conspiracy theories are about alternative and under-substantiated explanations of already-explained events. I don't believe Kennedy's assassination with Oswald acting alone has been explained, so it sounds like that's a conspiracy.
- diminoten 7y agoThe Warren Commission would like a word, not to mention the literal JFK Records Act...