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This is the conspiracy I personally believe the most. The founding fathers knew that government always wants more power and control. Logically following from th

This is the conspiracy I personally believe the most. The founding fathers knew that government always wants more power and control. Logically following from that, of course they would use any means necessary to subvert the checks put on their power.

dd36 5y ago
*people always want more power and control... The same logic applies to companies.
FridayoLeary 5y ago
>The founding fathers knew that government always wants more power and control As a UK resident, i'm astonished how the almost prophetic wisdom of the Founding Fathers can go ignored for so long by their spiritual heirs.
- w7 5y ago
  Yeah I feel like George Washington's parting letter[0] on avoiding large political parties because they lead to infighting, popularity-only contests, and foreign manipulation was completely ignored. > Without looking forward to an extremity of this kind (which nevertheless ought not to be entirely out of sight) the common > & continual mischiefs of the spirit of Party are sufficient to make it the interest and the duty of a wise People to discourage and restrain it. > It serves always to distract the Public Councils and enfeeble the Public Administration. It agitates the Community with > ill founded jealousies and false alarms, kindles the animosity of one part against another, foments occasionally riot & insurrection. > It opens the door to foreign influence & corruption, which find a facilitated access to the government itself through the channels of party passions. [0] https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-20-02-0440-0002 https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-20-02-...
tshaddox 5y ago
That's hardly even a conspiracy theory. For it to be true doesn't even require any particular government officials to coordinate at all. It just requires a large portion of government officials to correct estimate that this situation in their best interests.

dd36 5y ago

*people always want more power and control... The same logic applies to companies.

FridayoLeary 5y ago

>The founding fathers knew that government always wants more power and control As a UK resident, i'm astonished how the almost prophetic wisdom of the Founding Fathers can go ignored for so long by their spiritual heirs.

w7 5y ago
Yeah I feel like George Washington's parting letter[0] on avoiding large political parties because they lead to infighting, popularity-only contests, and foreign manipulation was completely ignored. > Without looking forward to an extremity of this kind (which nevertheless ought not to be entirely out of sight) the common > & continual mischiefs of the spirit of Party are sufficient to make it the interest and the duty of a wise People to discourage and restrain it. > It serves always to distract the Public Councils and enfeeble the Public Administration. It agitates the Community with > ill founded jealousies and false alarms, kindles the animosity of one part against another, foments occasionally riot & insurrection. > It opens the door to foreign influence & corruption, which find a facilitated access to the government itself through the channels of party passions. [0] https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-20-02-0440-0002 https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-20-02-...

tshaddox 5y ago

That's hardly even a conspiracy theory. For it to be true doesn't even require any particular government officials to coordinate at all. It just requires a large portion of government officials to correct estimate that this situation in their best interests.