[lbo-talk] Re: antidemocratic

[Joseph Wanzala]

the people you call conspiracy theorists do not display the tendencies you 
attribute to them, you are speaking completely in the abstract without 
reference to any examples. In fact, investigative reporting (aka conspiracy 
theory) involves the analysis of very complex dynamics. It is people like 
yourself who refuse to take the time to analyse these complexities, 
preferring the comfotable terrain of 'class analysis' who display an 
ecclesiastic close-mindedness. So-called 'conspiracy theorists' by 
definition have no religion because for (them), nothing is sacred.

Joe W.


>From: Turbulo at aol.com
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>To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
>Subject: [lbo-talk] Re: antidemocratic
>Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 17:13:27 EDT
>
>The tendency of conspiracy theorists to overestimate the ability of those 
>in
>power to control events (in Doug's example, Al D'Amato) is similar, I 
>think,
>to the religious impulse. Isn't it easier to understand crop failure by
>attributing it to a wrathful god than to study climatic conditions? Like 
>reality in
>general, social and political reality is most readily understood on the 
>model
>of personal relations because they are something we all participate in.
>Grasping the more complicated realities of class society, on the other 
>hand, requires
>abstract concepts, which take a little more work to acquire.
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