• Text smaller   • Text bigger  I don’t like conspiracy
theories; they are the refuge of the weak-minded. Reality is bad
enough; there is no need to explain the world using conjecture
and fantasy. The facts suffice.  In particular, imputing garden
variety government evils to conspiracies is based on the
following faulty premise:  Government generally does what is
good for us (NOT). So whenever we think it is failing in a
mission it fulfills so well (NOT), we should look beyond the
facts for something more sinister (NOT).  As if the state’s
natural quest for unlimited power were not enough to explain the
events! Why, for example, would you need to search for the “real
reason” for an unjust, unscrupulous war, unless you honestly
believed government would never prosecute such a war?  History
belies this delusion.  Even when government prosecutes a just
war, it finds ways to prolong it, as a protracted crisis helps
in consolidating power.  The constituent elements of the
behemoth continuously work to increase the