“The government is holding me down” … “Bush stole the election” … “Corporations are evil and must be stopped” … “Gun companies cause deaths”… etc etc etc…

It has recently been unearthed that all these theories are, in fact, caused by the very people they’re about. The corporations and governments plants conspiracy theories, and also plant evidence about those conspiracies. For example, that whole 2000 election thing in Florida, Bush won easily, but made it look as if there might have been tampering. Corporations untraceably fund lawyers to bring lawsuits against them. The list goes on and on. But the question remains: Why are they doing this?

It’s simple, really. The people in power - across any industry or position - know that to get there, they had to take responsibility for themselves. To achieve any type of “success” a person has to stop blaming others for his/her failure, and start focusing on how to get better results in whatever activity he or she is involved with.

These people in power know that the more they get blamed for all the world’s problems, the more safe they are from competition. Placing blame outside of oneself is the root cause of depression, and non-progress. If you don’t like where you are in life, and you have a suspicion that it’s not entirely your fault, well, my friend, it’s THAT VERY SUSPICION which is the root of all your problems. Refuse to believe it, force your self to take responsibility for yourself, etc, etc, etc… I can go on and on with this self-help rhetoric, but, no need.

This isn’t about some do-goody pump yourself up. It’s about the bait you take, given so casually by people in positions of influence and power. This phenomenon is in no way lessened by the various “organizations” that seek to root out any and all intolerance to their specific way of life. An interesting question to ask yourself, next time you’re listening to a spokesperson of one of these organizations, is “Does this person really want to stop the injustice he so prominently rails against?”

Our first reaction is, of course “Yes” - but why would someone who has risen to such a ‘high position’ in the ranks of this particular organization want to be needed no more? The more injustice, the more ‘his people’ need to struggle against a large and unknowable oppressor, the more he can retain control of his organization by continually rooting out these growing oppressions.

So that’s that. More on this to come. Stop believing in conspiracies. They are not what they seem.

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