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I spend some time every week delving into conspiracy theories.
My favorite this week:
The Corporation of the US. It's an older one--at least from the 1970s, but adopted by at least some QANON folks.
TL;DR: the US never became independent of UK, Jews, the Vatican and ...
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My favorite this week:
The Corporation of the US. It's an older one--at least from the 1970s, but adopted by at least some QANON folks.
TL;DR: the US never became independent of UK, Jews, the Vatican and ...
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the Queen control us and legally own every American person.
The argument:
The 13th Amendment didn't abolish slavery, it established the US as a Crown colony.
in 1871, the US was transformed into a private corporation under DC.
The Fed, of course, transferred all debt to...
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The argument:
The 13th Amendment didn't abolish slavery, it established the US as a Crown colony.
in 1871, the US was transformed into a private corporation under DC.
The Fed, of course, transferred all debt to...
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Jewish bankers, who work with the Pope and the Queen.
As far as I can tell, this was a Larouche theory that has been re-born as a Trump theory.
When Trump announced the "new administration" he actually meant that the original, 1879 US is reborn.
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As far as I can tell, this was a Larouche theory that has been re-born as a Trump theory.
When Trump announced the "new administration" he actually meant that the original, 1879 US is reborn.
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And Trump is now President of that reborn US.
Biden is only CEO of the Corporation of the US, which will die soon.
Washington's birthday--Feb. 22--could be the day all this is revealed and the corporation will end.
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Biden is only CEO of the Corporation of the US, which will die soon.
Washington's birthday--Feb. 22--could be the day all this is revealed and the corporation will end.
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The most interesting thing: some Larouchey was able to file a legal document in Maryland that--the theorists say--proves this all.
It's a fun read:
https://www.scribd.com/document/67199426/US-TREASURY-LIEN-ON-FEDERAL-RESERVE
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It's a fun read:
https://www.scribd.com/document/67199426/US-TREASURY-LIEN-ON-FEDERAL-RESERVE
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Fascinating how old theories are stripped of their original context and re-presented. (An old tale, of course. c.f. Protocols of the Elders of Zion).
Also interesting: the view that we are fully slaves but don't know it until somebody finds an obscure document online.
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Also interesting: the view that we are fully slaves but don't know it until somebody finds an obscure document online.
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Lastly, this whole theory--like so much of QANON--is so nakedly nonsensical that it supports the idea that conspiracy theories are, often, purely performative.
Saying you believe them is not a declaration of your actual belief. it's a way of showing loyalty to a group.
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Saying you believe them is not a declaration of your actual belief. it's a way of showing loyalty to a group.
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The more batshit the theory, the more effective the declaration, because it shows you are leaving the world of everyone else and publicly declaring loyalty to this in-group.
Makes me think the fever doesn't break through calmly explaining the batshittery.
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Makes me think the fever doesn't break through calmly explaining the batshittery.
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The more we show how nonsensical the ideas are, the more potent declaring belief in them becomes.
Instead, we should focus on what the declarers get--or think they get--from this in-group and why it's worth declaring insanity.
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Instead, we should focus on what the declarers get--or think they get--from this in-group and why it's worth declaring insanity.
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