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I have no proof of this but I cannot be convinced otherwise (hexbear.net)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 7 months ago (2 children)

There's definitely plenty of evidence of conspiracy theory as a method of social destabilization. And there's evidence that the CIA uses every tool to destabilize enemy states and organizations.

But you run into some contradictions when you try to blindly assert that any given conspiracy is a CIA conspiracy.

If nothing else, you've got to account for the FBI

[–] [email protected] 15 points 7 months ago

If nothing else, you've got to account for the FBI

COINTELPRO solidarity MKULTRA

[–] [email protected] 15 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Oh I never claim any particular conspiracy theory is invented / pushed by the CIA, I just assume a sizeable subset are

[–] [email protected] 22 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Just enough to muddy the waters and get people to believe that any accusation of malfeasance by the security state is a conspiracy theory.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago

Precisely

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

smuglord moving the goalposts eh?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago

a meme following the "is this a pigeon?" format. A man, labeled "neurotypicals", gestures at a butterfly, labeled "literally any clarification", and says "Is this 'Moving the goalposts'?"