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In reply to the discussion: Bilderberg 2012 - Conspiracy theorists please please please just GO AWAY [View all]Robb
(39,665 posts)41. Only if you completely ignore the idea and reduce it to "Swiss boarding schools."
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Bilderberg 2012 - Conspiracy theorists please please please just GO AWAY [View all]
Lars77
Jun 2012
OP
I never said capitalism is the enemy. I said predatory capitalism and neoliberalism.
Lars77
Jun 2012
#3
Capitalism is often chaotic. We need controlled chaos, often a hard nut to crack.
randome
Jun 2012
#13
yeah, it just "catches on". nevermind the 500 years of war, invasion, torture, colonializm, police
HiPointDem
Jun 2012
#38
I agree that the line between conspiracy theorist and rationality can seem blurred.
Lars77
Jun 2012
#14
They do want to create a global government. They've clearly stated it for decades.
Egalitarian Thug
Jun 2012
#20
That they want to create one global government? Come on i have to call BS on that.
Lars77
Jun 2012
#42
FFS. Look for yourself, this is no secret, there are accounts and quotes since the 70's that I know
Egalitarian Thug
Jun 2012
#48
Seems to me like some people actually think we will all be subjected to some global facist state
Lars77
Jun 2012
#26
I agree that we are probably less free today than 15 years ago, when you see police tactics,
Lars77
Jun 2012
#28
All politics = conspiracy. Schoolgirls conspire against their peers & but the rich & powerful
HiPointDem
Jun 2012
#39
They conspire to structure the world in the shape of their own desire, in large ways and small.
HiPointDem
Jun 2012
#45
Well said. I cannot fathom that people find this difficult to understand.
woo me with science
Jun 2012
#64
How did the world bank & imf come into being, and why are they dictating terms to the world?
HiPointDem
Jun 2012
#87
no, you tell me, because you're the one asserting no global conspracies/coordination.
HiPointDem
Jun 2012
#92
um, where did i say that, exactly? i asked you where the imf etc. came from -- why haven't
HiPointDem
Jun 2012
#97
i'm saying that imf, etc are supranational organizations run by private individuals outside
HiPointDem
Jun 2012
#102
where there's global empire, there's global conspiracy. the precise details no one can claim to
HiPointDem
Jun 2012
#85
Those things enforce class solidarity, which makes it easier for the upper to conspire against
HiPointDem
Jun 2012
#40
you're the one who talked about international education & boarding. besides which, the little
HiPointDem
Jun 2012
#43
Don't let the absurd theories overtake the discussion of what is still suspicious...
Comrade_McKenzie
Jun 2012
#37
Yup, you missed it by a mile, or two, or actually a couple light years.
nadinbrzezinski
Jun 2012
#55
His orgs often get in the way of on-line research for credible verifying links.
Mc Mike
Jun 2012
#95
there were people reporting on alec before 2009, & doing a better job than alex jones.
HiPointDem
Jun 2012
#67
wow, i always thought domhoff was a warhorse of the field. szasz was always a libertarian/winger
HiPointDem
Jun 2012
#96
ah. i see the problem, i was thinking of thomas szasz, never heard of andrew. thanks for
HiPointDem
Jun 2012
#99
that poster put me on ignore the first time i tried to correct a post of hers. so probably not.
HiPointDem
Jun 2012
#109
When secret government imports cocaine and the big banks launder the proceeds...
Octafish
Jun 2012
#63