New Study: Nearly Half Of All Americans Are Dangerous Stupid Idiots

[Demeter]

3. There are two forces generating conspiracy theories

Finding out stuff like no actual Iraq WMD, and NSA spying,

and the Bell Curve.



In the first case, the "conspiracy theories" are actual facts concealed by government propaganda.

In the second case, people's intellectual weaknesses are being exploited by the unscrupulous for power and profit. Their cover story is the pervasive government propaganda, casting doubt on all opinions and public information.



The first is evil, the second is evil...it's more likely that the first can be overcome by ethical reporting and prosecution of the government, the second by strong useful public education, honest reporting, and prosecution of the frauds who are not in government.

Corruption is endemic in this nation. An ethical person has no future, and would be well advised to "do as the Romans do" and restrain his ethical impulses for friends and family and immediate community.