Conspiracy theorists have a bad reputation, possibly deserved. But one thing that can't be said about conspiracy books/documentaries. They can't be called boring. The mainstream (corporate) media and politicians hate conspiracy theories and conspiracy theorists. What are they afraid of exactly?
It turns out a large part of "conspiracy theory" books and documentaries are about history. The history covered is often easily verified, but often not the typical stuff from our high-school history books. It is a history that makes corporations and politicians nervous, because history shows just what they are capable of and what they are capable of is pretty scary.
Just one example from history and this is not a conspiracy theory. The documentary 100,000 Radiations examines how the American military enlisted help from the Israeli Health Ministry for radiation testing in 1951. Children were given 35,000 times the allowable dose of x-rays in the head. 6000 of them died. [Maybe they should change their name to the Israeli Death Ministry.] This is not the type of history the military, corporations and politicians want people talking about. If the story had come out back then no one would have believed it. It would have been called a conspiracy theory and forgotten.
Surely our politicians and corporate leaders can't be that bad. Robert Hare, author of "Without Conscience" estimates 1% of the population to be just that: without a conscience. These are people who fight dirty and politics (including corporate politics) is a high stakes game without rules. And without rules the people who fight the dirtiest rise to the top.
Another part of most "conspiracy theory" books/documentaries consists of recent history in the form of news clips. Often the news clips are of "important" people like George W. Bush. The clips are often lengthy, unedited, clear and often quite damning.
The last part of your typical "conspiracy theory" book or documentary are the points the author(s) are attempting to convey. Some of it may sound reasonable, while other parts not so much. But boring they are not.
What about 9/11? Conspiracy theories abound. The 911 Commission stated that following the money trail was not important. The money trail was not important, excuse me!? It is only important if you want to know who was behind the attack. The 911 Commission also did not even address why World Trade Center 7 collapsed, yet no one can provide a reasonable explaination. After looking hard at the available evidence any reasonably intelligent person must come to the conclusion the government is hiding something, we just don't know what or why.
Some "conspiracy theory" documentaries worth checking out:
- Zeitgeist I and II
- The Money Masters (puts the financial meltdown and the governments response into perspective)
- Hijacking Humanity 2
- Empire of the Ring, Ring of Power (funny and fascinating at the same time)
- Oh Canada, Our Bought And Sold Out Land
- Five Ring Circus
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From Time magazine; the majority of people consider those "in charge" to be either corrupt or incompetent, or both. But let me clarify something. Someone doesn't make it as far and make as much money as these people have by being incompetent, they are not incompetent they are corrupt.
From the New York Times; Warren Buffett (currently 3rd richest person in the world), says there is a "class war" going on, it is the rich who are making war and they are winning.
"I am a "conspiracy theorist". I believe men and women of wealth and
power conspire. If you don't think so, then you are what is called "an
idiot". If you believe stuff but fear the label, you are what is called
"a coward"." - Dave Collum, Cornell University
