Anyone who accepts at face value the government version of anything that has happened in the last 50 years is a moron.
Anyone who accepts at face value the government version of anything that has happened in the last 50 years is a moron.
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I’ve always said the weirdest wackiest conspiracy theory out there (like this Building 7) is not more weird and wacky than the official (and ever changing) government position. (JFK, TWA 800, Sandy Hook and so on)
Most folks start with the default position that the official government narrative on any issue is the correct one—and put the burden of proof on anyone who contests that view.
My view is the exact opposite. My default position is that the government is lying about everything and the burden of proof lies with those who wish to support the government view.
In the battle of narratives (on any topic) the government has the built in advantage of employees paid to push the official line, of mass media propagandists who support the official version and of the use of status and social shaming to intimidate those with “unconventional” views.
The government also funds organizations that support their views and takes away funding from anyone who resists.
In almost any university or even a private employer you will be silenced with unconventional views about almost any topic.
We end up with groupthink—and the odds of groupthink getting anything correct is lower than a broken clock getting the time right.
This is not just today and in the US—this is throughout all of human history and everywhere.
Bingo!
Even if one doesn’t agree with the conspiracy theorists, the offical story has such flaws in it that NO ONE, in their right mind, can sit there and accept the official story as-is. I am not a 9/11 truther or anything but a 3rd grader would know that there are problems with the official story.