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Parent Post: Conspiracy is another word for plan, i guess
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3/1/2026, 8:09:51 PM
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*Something about History is written by the victors.* You raise a good point here, the word "Conspiracy" itself has taken on a negative connotation in modern times. Due to the rise of the term "Conspiracy Theory" Where as the 1776 American revolution, was a "Conspiracy" to overthrow the corrupt British Monarchy. Now the term is thrown around almost exclusively as a Negative thing. While a Conspiracy can also just be an Idea, or a MEME It can be Positive or Negative. And much of that is derived from Perspective. Perspective is a great equalizer of fairness, progress, or free thought. If Person A is an evil villain, selfish without shame or empathy, from their perspective being evil is good for them. But from Person B's perspective this is just evil and causes suffering for everyone. Who decides who is right or wrong? I want to say one last thing about your last point here. Black Swan. Which I think touches on 2 of my favorite topics, Confirmation bias, and Credentialism. We have become a society of credentialism; "Oh well I'm a PHD Doctor! so my opinion matters more" or insert whatever other label/credential that someone went into 250k to obtain. People believe that we are so smart and advanced over our ancestors. When in reality we are still primitive instinctual hormonal emotional apes. I took your statement here about Black Swan as an observation of human behavior, "The More we want something to be true, the more it isn't." Either way, nice topic starter.
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