Nevets Posted September 17, 2023 Share Posted September 17, 2023 (edited) On 4/6/2023 at 11:51 PM, TheVat said: Would be interesting to take a more random sample, see how many proved true. I hypothesize it would be a small percent. Some of the ones on that Readers Digest list aren't really conspiracies. The FBI surveillance of Lennon was agents following a well-established routine, SOP with those profiled as left-wing influencers and activists. We can deplore it as a bad agency policy, but it doesn't really fit the definition of conspiracy. Same with the Dalai Lama - the CIA regularly compensates foreign "assets" for working with them, and I think that's been widely understood to be part of their SOP for decades. The Big Tobacco suppression, however, would qualify as a conspiracy - a covert and organized effort to silence people and destroy evidence. The Big Tobacco suppression may qualify as a conspiracy. But does it qualify as a conspiracy theory? Prior to the exposure of Big Tobacco, was there a notable conspiracy theory which accused Big Tobacco of this? Edited September 17, 2023 by Nevets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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