Introduction

What is True? What is Not?

Mainstream media, along with its advocates and disciples, cynically mock those people who suggest that there is a plethora of conspiracies against the average person. While some of the conspiracy beliefs are severely misplaced, the media does us a disservice by scorning conspiracy theorists as “crackpots” and “fringe.”

More and more, the general population is seeing examples of, if not conspiracies, plots and strategies by various factions to usurp the rights of or take advantage of the common joe. Mostly, these strategies have one purpose: to enhance the power and assets of the perpetrators.

But how do we, as average laymen, discern what is real and what is hoax, what is a genuine plot and what is incidental or accidental?

Throughout history, select groups sought to dominate others. “Power corrupts…” is apt, but it is not power that causes imbalance and unfairness. It is acquiescence to power. When people rise up, when people understand and coordinate their efforts to rebel, power balances briefly can be restored. But we allow individual wants to come between our common interests and our personal desires. We also lack a clear definition of the problem we all face: conspiracies are real. It is the definition that gets clouded.

Thesauruses define “conspiracy” as collusion, a plot, a plan, or even as sedition. When one chooses to mock an adversary, a frequent strategy is to disdain our understanding, trying to distort the general concept. Oxford Languages defines “conspiracy” as “a secret plan by a group to do something harmful or unlawful.” Merriam-Webster gives the legal definition of “conspiracy” as “an agreement between two or more people to commit an act prohibited by law or to commit a lawful act by means prohibited by law.” This is the Achilles heel of those who believe in conspiracies. We become exposed to ridicule because of this narrow definition of the word. We need to adjust our presentation, not our beliefs.  

We see this in the simple terminology that special interest groups adopt. Regardless of which side of each topic you may be on, you need to acknowledge that the choice of and definition of a word or phrase both consciously and subconsciously impacts on our perception, by arousing a biased emotion.

Think of the “pro life” or “pro choice” debate. Pro lifers are against “killing” unborn children, since they claim that the child—a fetus—is a life. But then, they do not extend all human rights to those children. Pro Choicers say they have the right to choose, as does every one. But then they, too, fail to acknowledge that the fetus has no choice. Pro choicers generally are more liberal in their political views, and want government to provide for them and enforce laws for all that they, personally, believe to be justified. Hoe does that give choice to those that do not agree? Conversely, pro lifers often are very conservative, and do not want government in their lives, demanding individual freedom. Except, of course, where those with views opposed to them, like the pro choicers, need to be kept in line with rigid laws.

The two terms can be confusing! But what is not is that those groups want to determine how others think and respond. The media, conservative or liberal, chooses to slant their reporting (another word requiring re-defining!) based on their biases.

Another example: climate change. When the media used the phrase “global warming,” to describe a scientific interpretation of an emerging phenomenon, many people scoffed. “It isn’t warming where I am,” some argued. And they were right, but, overall, the earth was warming. It was not the scientists who made the claim in those specific words but the media and publicists involved who wanted to make it something we all—the ignorant masses of the world—could grasp. It failed. Now, that same media uses the phrase, “climate change.” To that, almost all of us can agree. A simple change in phrase changes perception. Even though many decline to accept that man is causing it, almost all agree that it is changing, and not for the better.

This is an excellent segue back into the primary topic: use of the word “conspiracy.” We need to become more media-savvy, and stop focusing on conspiracies, even though they do exist, under most definitions of the word. If we used “scheme” or “plot” to describe the conspiracy, that becomes more palatable for those who think “conspiracy” smacks of paranoia.

The main issue, for purists, is that many of the plots that thrive, mostly at the initiation of the rich, powerful and those with the ability to manipulate public information, do not fall into the category of being unlawful. They still are schemes, but not illegal ones. And, almost exclusively, it is because the ones who wield the power of the conspiracy are the ones who make the law, in their favour.

To combat them, we need to understand them, and we need to coordinate our efforts with others who do not share all our views, but who do agree that there are plots, machinations, schemes, plans or whatever words are suitable, that need to be stopped. Ignore our differences and focus on our common enemy: powerful people and powerful groups, government and business.

This website will explore various apparent conspiracies, plots and unfair advantages of the rich over the poor, the powerful over the weak. The website is neither liberal or conservative, Democrat or Republican, socialist or libertarian. It wants to know the truth.

We need you to help. Spread the word. Help us dig up the truth. Help us develop a strategy to fight against those that are trying to return to the days when there were lords and masters, serfs and slaves. Help us be the free persons that we are supposed to be, while recognizing that we need to also look out for our neighbour, while hoping that he, too, will look out for us.

If you want to know more, be kept up to date on our efforts or if you want to provide input, please use our contact pages, forums and discussions to participate. Welcome. We all are seeking a fairer world, and we want to take steps to reach that goal.

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