A New World Order, And Other Conspiracies
After the first Gulf War in '91, President Bush uttered the worlds, "A new world order." He spoke those words because never before had the world come together as it did when it united against Saddam Hussein to get his troops out of Kuwait. It was as if there was a new world order. A new world were countries truly unite.
Since those words, the conspiracy theorists have had a field day. Every little thing is now a huge plot created the members of this new world order. And every person in some position of power (within certain limits) is deemed to be part of this plot.
One interesting thing is how often those claimed to be behind the new world order are either Jews or (American) people with oil interests or large business interests. And always capitalists - even if socialists with vastly larger fortunes are well known.
Let me give you an example: George Soros is a socialist who is extremely wealthy. He is never named in any world order global control theories. But someone like the current President Bush is always being named - even if his wealth is a tiny dot compared to Soros' wealth.
One conspiracy theory is about the World Trade Center attack on September 11, 2001. The theory goes... the Jews (who also control the CIA) helped mastermind the whole thing to help the government pass controlling laws it wouldn't have been able to pass otherwise. And, to also bury a lot of incriminating evidence under tons of rubble. To help give the government an excuse to give money to the airlines - who had been floundering for years previously anyway. And because President Bush's government was about letting Palestine be a legitimate country (and the Jews did not want that, so destroyed the trade center as a warning). Some part of the theory also holds evident that Osama Bin Laden is on the payroll of the CIA.
In short, this theory is incredibly elaborate and intricate it boggles the mind. And if you feel inclined to see what lengths these theorists go to, here is the theory in all its glory: World Trade Center Bombings.
This theory starts off answering the question, "Who Benefits". As in, who benefits by the world trade center attack. And then goes off on it's "new world order controlled by the Jews" theory. In fact, it reads very anti-Semitic.
But lets look at it in a common sense way.
What makes more sense: That the Jews have infiltrated the CIA and actually control it, and are manipulating the world for their gain by destroying entire buildings in the heart of financial center of the world's most powerful country - or - that a man who has made millions by being a terrorist (and who is also a staunch anti-capitalist Marxist), and whose second in command (who some actually believe is the actual leader) just happens to have a PhD in psychology and brainwashing, enticed some young impressionable Muslims into hijacking a plane and flying it into a building?
Common sense says, the socialist Marxist man who has over a decade of experience in being a terrorist for profit and who also HATES freedom loving capitalist societies, would do something like this. He gains millions of dollars from other socialist Marxist supporters, as well as new recruits to the cause of "standing up to the great Satan [USA]." Plain and simple, blowing things up for profit.
Some conspiracy nuts hint that President Bush went into Iraq because he has oil interests, and partial control of Iraq's oil would increase the value of his oil holdings. Or his buddies in the oil business would win the contracts to rebuild Iraq's oil networks. (No one questions the Dutch Queen and her Shell oil interests; no one questions the interests of B.P. No one questions the Duke of England - the richest man in England by a mile. They only question American Capitalists - which should let you know their motivation behind their theories)
What they conveniently ignore is that the previous president (Bill Clinton) signed into law (made it USA policy) that the regime in Iraq was to be overthrown. Yet no-one questions Clinton's motives for wanting to effect regime change in Iraq.
If one would just apply Occam's Razor - the simplest answer is almost always the right one - we could get on with our lives instead of getting tied up in knots over some kookie theory.
How much chance is there that a bunch of people are controlling the world by their actions?
Let's look at "business workings" to see how much control can really be had...
When a business begins it is under the control of the owner. As it grows, control becomes less and less and the business takes on a life of its own. With no one person really have full control over it. And no one single person within the business knowing what is going on, or how to make it "go on."
Take getting more office paper, for example. Someone at the photocopier at the end of the halls runs out of paper. They can't find any so call the office supply department. The office supply department calls the warehouse and tells them to get more paper up to you. The warehouse finds a ream of paper and calls their office goffer and instructs them to deliver paper to you.
A close look at such a simple set of steps reveals no one person KNOWS how it is all done. The office worker has no idea where the paper is or how to get it. So they call Supplies and leave it in their hands. Supplies likewise doesn't know exactly where it is and calls the Warehouse and asks them to get the paper to you. The Goffer has no idea how warehouse was informed you needed more paper.
And when paper runs low in the warehouse, the warehouse guy orders more in from the manufacturer. Something the office worker wouldn't have a clue how to do.
In large business, each department appears to work totally without control from any other department. And they all serve each other. It is almost like "Profitable Chaos." The company makes money despite of itself.
And yet, after all this, the conspiracy theory folks expect us to believe the same people at the top of these chaotic companies can control the world.
Give me a break.
Use common sense and conspiracy theories fall apart. If they appear to make sense, that is because they are written in such a way they cannot be disproved. Or, are written to show apparent details without actually providing real details. The details make you think the text is real.

