The following 11-plus minute clip is from a Scott Noble
documentary produced through Metanoia Films. It gives expression to some
reflections on how the general public is manipulated into adopting the
perspective of the media, government, corporations, and the military with
respect to framing an array of economic, political, scientific, international,
environmental, and educational issues in very self-serving ways in order to
denigrate and discredit anyone who is asking questions that the media,
corporations, government, and/or the military don't want to be asked.
This practice is a form of abuse and an exercise in the tactics of
undue influence that is intended to induce people to conspire with the
perpetrators of the abuse concerning the word "conspiracy". It is a
form of epistemological martial arts in which the conceptual and emotional
interests of a person are used against that individual in order to serve the
agenda of the one -- or ones -- who is (are) applying the form of
epistemological martial arts against individuals who do not realize they are
being manipulated and abused.
Not all conspiracies are theories. In fact, four or five times a
week, every week of the year, both federal and state personnel (including the
courts, the FBI, NSA, the CIA, the military, and government officials) are
busily engaged in investigating and successfully prosecuting cases of
conspiracy.
However, when people outside the corridors of power begin to
question the activities of government, the military, corporations, and/or the
media, then the individuals who are asking the questions are labeled as
'conspiracy nuts and theorists. Moreover, the public is encouraged to treat
with contempt those who are raising embarrassing questions concerning the
activities and policies of the government, the media, the military, and
corporations. In addition, and, perhaps, more importantly, the public is
encouraged to automatically dismiss what
the individuals being vilified are asking and saying without bothering to
take the time to critically think about the matter.
The individuals who engage in such exercises of undue influence
and abuse are not your friends. Indeed, they are seeking to conspire with you
to induce you to believe things that will only cause you and those you love,
harm and difficulty.
The Politics of Conspiracy Theory from S DN on Vimeo.
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