There was a professor at a university in S. Florida who wrote a book about the history of conspiracist thought in the United States. I neglected to write down the title, and never found it.
One of his "discoveries" was that such thinking has existed since the Founding.
So, PCR thinks it's a by-product of modern media culture? Hey, PCR . . . maybe it's your fault. What a bozo.
6 posted on 08/21/2012 10:52:34 AM PDT by 1rudeboy