[extropy-chat] Conspiracy Theory Theory [was peak oil theory]

[Brian Lee]

I was referring to the larger scale/ crazy conspiracy theories that involve 
secret societies, government plans to hand over parks to the UN, lizard 
aliens running the British royal families etc.

I don't think it's any conspiracy that corporations are in existence to 
maximize shareholder returns. It just becomes a conspiracy when the oil 
barons are in cahoots with the five jew bankers to drive oil into the 
$500/barrel level to allow for the return of Krishna or something similar.

BAL

>From: Curtis Sandoval <curtis.sandoval at gmail.com>
>To: dirk at neopax.com, ExI chat list <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org>
>Subject: Re: [extropy-chat] Conspiracy Theory Theory [was peak oil theory]
>Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 11:53:44 -0400
>
>I would take this a step further and suggest that every corporation or
>corporate entity is a conspiracy, in that a conspiracy is merely an
>attempt by a number of entities to act in concert toward a common end.
>  Not every conspiracy has an illegal goal, and not every act of a
>corporation is legal.  This crosses over into another thread then,
>where "conspiracy theory" could merely mean "the study of
>corporations", and this would be nearly synonymous with "game theory",
>which tends to drive their actions.  This could be further extended to
>consider conspiracies/corporations to be meta-organisms, merely
>another life form made up of lower life forms (humans) as they behave.
>
>On a simpler note, the abbreviation "Co." could just as easily stand
>for "conspiracy" as "corporation".
>
>On 4/25/05, Dirk Bruere <dirk at neopax.com> wrote:
> > Brian Lee wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > I think conspiracy theories are attractive because they show a
> > > comforting worldview where someone/group is actually controlling the
> > > seemingly chaotic and irrational events. This meshes into the whole
> > > monotheistic mythos where God is in control.
> > >
> > Actually, there are plenty of conspiracies all vying with each other.
> > A few are illegal but most are not.
> >
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