Posted
12/17/2005 01:31:00 PM
by Douglas
"Conspiracy theories: The sophistication of the
ignorant." [via]The simplistic worldview of conspiracy thinking helps fuel suspicion and mistrust toward the domain of politics. It displaces a critical engagement with public life with a destructive search for the hidden agenda. It distracts from the clarification of genuine differences and helps turn public life into a theater where what matters are the private lives and personal interests of mistrusted politicians. A constant search for the story behind the story distracts us from really listening to each other and seeing the world as it really is.
Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean that the whole world
isn't out to get you.