Captain Capitalism:
In being a libertarian I often run into the faux-libertarian crowd that is largely libertarian because it sounds “cool” or “fashionable.” They usually give themselves away with a few “tell tale” traits, but one of my favorite is whether they believe in “chem trails.” Once you got a true believer in “chem trails” then all sorts of fun and entertaining idiocy soon follows.
Fluoride was put in the water to make us all behave!!!
Everybody in the military are murderers!!!!
The illuminati/bilderberg!!!
9-11 was an inside job!!!etc., etc.
However, whereas I am largely bemused with the standard fare of libertarian conspiracy theorists, their existence Venn diagrams into the world of conspiracy theorists in general. And “conspiracy theorists in general” I believe will prove increasingly useful in the future when it comes to understanding politics, economics, and human psychology.
Understand everyone is seeking a religion. And though I may have my disagreements with the world’s established religions, at least they call it that.
Christians call themselves Christians.
Muslims identify as Muslims.
Jews claim to be Jewish.
And Buddhists claim to be Buddhists.Even the Scientologists have the gall to call themselves Scientologists.
The same intellectual honesty cannot, however, be said for the majority of modern day Americans. Especially, those who “doth protest too much” when they hate on religion. Leftists, for example, provide the most numerous examples of people who “hate” Christianity, but immediately replace it with equally false religions (global warming, socialism, feminism, activism, racism, sexism, and all various forms of SJWing, etc.). Atheists, of the quiet variety, are intellectually honest followers of their beliefs, but their closely related “Atheist-cult” cousins who pride themselves on being Atheists (and not much else) again (and quite ironically) simply substituted one religion for another. And I have also pointed out what I believe to be the latest religion the sheeple are swallowing whole – fake mental illnesses. According to the CDC 1 in 5 children have some form of mental illness, and according to MedCo 25% of American women are on some kind of medication or another (if you believe that). However, which is more likely?
That high a percentage of the population REALLY has a mental problem?
Or
That high a percentage want an excuse so they don’t have to try as hard in life/can excuse their failures in life?
The larger point is that I don’t care what form the “religion” takes, even if its adherents swear up and down it “isn’t a religion.” Everybody seeks out a religion. For it is human nature to find some kind of meaning and purpose in life because without it, it really is hard to find some kind of incentive to live (not to mention most people are too cowardly to face the likelihood they are finite, there is no “afterlife,” and they will truly cease to end).
The problem, however, with religion, is that it is always based in falsehoods, or at least unknowns. This is what gives it its “amorphous,” “intangible,” “religious” qualities. However, in not being provable, empirical, or scientific, this leaves ALL religions susceptible to misinterpretation, abuse, and, inevitably, self-servitude.
And this is where the conspiracy theorists come in.
Conspiracy theorists abuse their religion of “conspiracy theories” because they’re not only too lazy to think things through, study, and prove their theories right or wrong, but because they also have a bit of an ego and want to think themselves intellectually “superior” or “fancy.”
