>Most importantly, there's a difference between the fact that conspiracies
>occur, that not all will be explained or even known, and the belief that
>they are _the_ discernable motor of history. There's a remarkable
>consistency to what Chip calls, for want of a better term, conspiracism. He
>quoted someone as saying "There is a shape, an architecture, to the
>paranoia."
There's this really great book, put out a few years ago: "Everything Is Under Control". The introduction (I think by Robert Anton Wilson) is a beautiful and concise piece about conspiracism and its shape.
Todd
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