[lbo-talk] parenti's conspiracies that the conspirators announce to the world?

R rhisiart at charter.net
Thu Nov 20 15:56:54 PST 2003


another good source of info about "conspiracies" is magazines like Foreign Affairs.

of course, all this doesn't mean they don't conspire, too. not all that's fit is printed.

R

----- Original Message -----

From: Stephen Philion

To: lbo

Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 9:08 AM

Subject: [lbo-talk] parenti's conspiracies that the conspirators announce to the world?

In 1994, the officers of the Federal Reserve announced they would

pursue monetary policies designed to maintain a high level of unemployment

in order to safeguard against "overheating" the economy. Like any creditor

class, they preferred a deflationary course.

--doesn't sound like conspiracy to me, sounds like point blank

straightforward capitalism. odd that a marxist like parenti should think of

this as a 'conspiracy' example.

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They have repeatedly announced their commitment to

seeing that "free-market reforms" are introduced in Eastern Europe. Their

economic aid is channeled almost exclusively into the private sector

--they repeatedly announce their conspiracies? wow.

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though they call it "planning" and "strategizing" - and

they do so in great secrecy, often resisting all efforts at public

disclosure.

--Noam Chomsky was fond of pointing out in the 1980's that if you wanted to

understand what the US was doing in Central America, read the congressional

record...some "conspiracy"...

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Yet there are individuals who ask with patronizing, incredulous smiles, do

you really think that the people at the top have secret agendas, are aware

of their larger interests, and talk to each other about them?

--secret agendas that are publicly known, discussed...interesting kinds of

'conspiracies' that Parenti has found.

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