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53. I thought your post

Wed Mar 12, 2014, 05:14 PM

Mar 2014

Nations that are well governed according to the wishes of their citizens tend to have less of this sort of distrust to deal with.

Implied there are more transparent nations out there - which ones are they?

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In an online context, "conspiracy lust" is a lot like blood lust. [View all] Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2014 OP

"...they wish that they were the secret gatekeepers of the knowledge..." randome Mar 2014 #1

In the case of the Ukraine BainsBane Mar 2014 #2

When you want to push a good conspiracy theory, you will cite just about anything... Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2014 #4

Do you think they really look back? BainsBane Mar 2014 #5

Really? So you don't think or read about ANY event until you are CERTAIN all the facts are in? WinkyDink Mar 2014 #16

Excuse me? BainsBane Mar 2014 #43

Pseudo-intellectuals seem to believe in every conspiracy theory put in front of them. PhilSays Mar 2014 #3

And Iran-Contra never happened, nor "Watergate," nor Tonkin Gulf, nor Caesar's stabbing. WinkyDink Mar 2014 #18

Still doesn't justify the lunacy of truthers and other assorted nutjobs. PhilSays Mar 2014 #44

Two Points, Sir The Magistrate Mar 2014 #6

+1. And it can pay quite well too. nt bemildred Mar 2014 #8

You have, quite nicely, ... 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2014 #37

What "Consipiracy theorists" was too weak a term of opprobrium? Fumesucker Mar 2014 #7

I use the term because I think it is a pathological condition for many. nt Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2014 #11

So is naivete. WinkyDink Mar 2014 #19

And DELIBERATE naivete. Pholus Mar 2014 #35

I think we can see who is pathological around here Fumesucker Mar 2014 #42

When people insist everything is a conspiracy, it is a problem. nt Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2014 #45

And when people insist conspiracies never happen, that is also a problem.. Fumesucker Mar 2014 #46

The problem with conspiracy theories is that they lack actual *theory.* OnyxCollie Mar 2014 #9

Start with "a new Pearl Harbor." WinkyDink Mar 2014 #20

I'm going before that. OnyxCollie Mar 2014 #54

Interesting. Corporations, hmmm? Fascism: It's not just for Europe anymore. WinkyDink Mar 2014 #56

Lots of similarities between the internment and domestic surveillance. OnyxCollie Mar 2014 #57

Where are battles won? Not the playing fields of Eton; rather, the suites of Wall Street. WinkyDink Mar 2014 #58

Perhaps if the government was more forthcoming and less addicted to secrecy, bemildred Mar 2014 #10

of course, that increased transparency would be a mere smokescreen geek tragedy Mar 2014 #25

Speculation is fun, isn't it? nt bemildred Mar 2014 #29

which may be part of the appeal. nt geek tragedy Mar 2014 #31

Indeed. And it removes the uncertainty of not knowing what is going on. bemildred Mar 2014 #34

LOL ... 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2014 #38

Name a more transparent nation than the US treestar Mar 2014 #49

"We can do better." nt bemildred Mar 2014 #50

I thought your post treestar Mar 2014 #53

I'm not getting into a discussion about which nations are better than others. bemildred Mar 2014 #55

There are different types of conspiracy theories. CJCRANE Mar 2014 #12

Perhaps if our govt. and media was not a bunch of liars 2pooped2pop Mar 2014 #13

Questioning an official story is one thing. Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2014 #14

Some conspiracy theories are disinformation CJCRANE Mar 2014 #17

Here's your problem: If ANY "conspiracy theory" uncovered truth that the govt doesn't want you to WinkyDink Mar 2014 #24

Exactly, it's called "muddying the waters". CJCRANE Mar 2014 #28

If you don't tell people the truth, they will speculate and invent conspiracies. bemildred Mar 2014 #32

"People on the ground" often have an obstructed view. WinkyDink Mar 2014 #15

But where the espoused theory flies flat in the face of actual perception.... Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2014 #22

WTC-7 wasn't hit by a plane, and no-one saw any do so. The S.H. claim is accepted nuttiness*. As for WinkyDink Mar 2014 #26

Broadly speaking Ukrainians are suffering mainly from ignorance dipsydoodle Mar 2014 #21

Somehow, I feel as if they are in a far, far better position to comment than you are. nt Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2014 #23

Not if they are denied facts. dipsydoodle Mar 2014 #27

Except for those who see the facts with their own two eyes. Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2014 #30

Eyewitnesses can be wrong, can be fooled, can see what they want to perceive, and can lie. NOT WinkyDink Mar 2014 #33

Own two eyes ? dipsydoodle Mar 2014 #36

You're providing interesting facts, but not supporting an overall theory. Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2014 #40

Funny how ... 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2014 #39

The Paranoid Style in American Politics by Richard Hofstadter MicaelS Mar 2014 #41

You are convinced you know better 1000words Mar 2014 #47

I know not to make reckless assumptions based on scant evidence. Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2014 #48

True shenmue Mar 2014 #51

Remember: Bad people NEVER make plans! FiveGoodMen Mar 2014 #52