Ken
O’Brien
Americans have a long history of fascination with
conspiracy theories.
Reality, however, is far less simple than any such
ascription of feelings of powerlessness or victimization to imagined cabals.
That is not to say that most of our history (as well
as that of other societies now and throughout time) has not seen government
bent to the will of dominant elites. However, such “manipulation” rarely, if
ever, results from the artful execution of some monolithic and secret plan
bowing to a hidden agenda.
