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The psychological payoff of refusing to consider "conspiracy theories"
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elbows
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Well yes, corporatism and globalisation have reached new levels, with quite a downside. There are upsides for people too, but its quite debatable as to whether its worth it.
Still I dont think its new to have power concentrated in the hands of a few. And its quite fascinating to consider the merits of globalisation, or at least certain forms of global cooperation, as opposed to the alternative. Given the choice between global collusion via corrupt systems, and global conflict, I struggle to make that choice so black & white.
And we have had era's of globalisation before. I believe it seemed unstoppable in the 1920's, but look how quickly it came undone in the 1930's due to economic woe, and what horrific war that led to.
I am also rather interested by the pro's and con's of more centralised wielding of power. Again it is easy to see the horrors it causes, but there is an upside. Corruption and the use of force can be even more prevalent if power is concentrated on more of a local level. Given the choice between bad central government, and regional warlords, I guess Id rather have centralised government.
In any case, couching issues in the language favoured by many 'conspiracy theorists' hardly shines a torch on any of these sorts of issues, and brings widespread discredit to possibilities that could be true. The end result is that you end up just as impotent as those who stick their head in the sand.
Still I dont think its new to have power concentrated in the hands of a few. And its quite fascinating to consider the merits of globalisation, or at least certain forms of global cooperation, as opposed to the alternative. Given the choice between global collusion via corrupt systems, and global conflict, I struggle to make that choice so black & white.
And we have had era's of globalisation before. I believe it seemed unstoppable in the 1920's, but look how quickly it came undone in the 1930's due to economic woe, and what horrific war that led to.
I am also rather interested by the pro's and con's of more centralised wielding of power. Again it is easy to see the horrors it causes, but there is an upside. Corruption and the use of force can be even more prevalent if power is concentrated on more of a local level. Given the choice between bad central government, and regional warlords, I guess Id rather have centralised government.
In any case, couching issues in the language favoured by many 'conspiracy theorists' hardly shines a torch on any of these sorts of issues, and brings widespread discredit to possibilities that could be true. The end result is that you end up just as impotent as those who stick their head in the sand.
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