understanding politics, considerations

Conspiracy!


February 11th, 2010 · Books and Reviews, World Affairs

Not long ago, it was the reac­tionary right-wingers that were the ones pro­mul­gat­ing con­sipiracy the­o­ries.  Now, it seems it’s the looney left.

What’s inter­est­ing is the under­ly­ing, almost cer­tainly uncon­scious ide­olo­gies at play: right­ist con­spir­a­tors believe that the gov­ern­ment (or the secret con­trollers thereof) wields enor­mous power and must be checked.  Left­ists believe that the secret con­trollers of the gov­ern­ment are cor­po­ratists and cap­i­tal­ists who must be checked.

Both, in the end, give the gov­ern­ment far too much credit for effec­tive­ness, imho.