"You're not the only one. Conspiracism is the class politics of fools."
I'm a little lost here. We all agree that the current regime is a danger to the world and ought to be removed -- even in the absence of socialist revolution. Right?
Since 9/11 many, many questions have been left unanswered; in fact, this administration has made no effort to determine how it happened -- if effort is measured in terms of $$ and time spent. So, either they were fools (they didn't know it was going to happen) or they were knaves (they knew it was going to happen but didn't let on because it was so helpful for it to happen) or (they didn't know it was going to happen, but once it did, it was more important to use it to advance their own agenda than to determine the cause) or (they played a more direct role in making it happen). But if the govt is indeed responsible for protecting the safety of its people (which Bush himself argues by waging his fight on "terrorism"), then, by any account they are knaves because they are not carrying out their responsibility to determine who was actually responsible for the damage done. If they don't know, how can they prevent it from happening again? Moreover, they must be conspiring knaves because they must surely work together to pull in the same direction.
So what exactly is so foolish about talking about conspiracies? This is a real, not a rhetorical question. Maybe I just don't really understand what "conspiracy" means.
By the way the bombings in Turkey are waaay weird. I can't find any angle from which they make sense as Al-Queda actions.
Joanna