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Neither of which involve an alleged conspiracy. I must say that I find the word “conspiracy theory” to have rather odd usage in common parlance that does not s
by Blikkentrekker 5y ago
Neither of which involve an alleged conspiracy.
I must say that I find the word “conspiracy theory” to have rather odd usage in common parlance that does not seem to have much to do with conspiracies but I'm not sure what the actual definition is either.
If anything, perhaps it's actual semantics are little more than “allegations of wrongdoing the speaker considers to be false”.
- ncmncm 5y agoA conspiracy requires a crime. Poisoning millions of people should maybe be a crime, but it manifestly is not today, as numerous soda company executives move about freely, just as paint executives did and tobacco executives still do. Killing a dozen people by shooting up a bus station is national news. Killing millions, year in and year out, slowly enough, is just business.
- tsimionescu 5y agoThat's a needlessly specific definition for "conspiracy" in common usage, and it's wrong. A conspiracy is a secret plot by more than one person to do something that the speaker (and presumably listener) considers nefarious. Whether that nefarious thing is illegal or not doesn't enter into it, unless you're looking at the specific legal term 'conspiracy to [...]'.
- ncmncm 5y agoThere is anyway nothing secret about the amount of sugar is sodas.
- xboxnolifes 5y agoPretty sure conspiracy only implies harm, not crime. Otherwise "criminal conspiracy" is pretty redundant.