“The United States dollar will be worth nothing by the end of next week,” declared my friend Tanel only two weeks ago. Tanel is a very smart, highly-educated Estonian man who loves conspiracy theories. He’s so good with Google that he can uproot the most obscure websites run by paranoid crackpots living with their heaviest furniture pushed tight against the door, loaded shotgun by the bed. The trouble is that Tanel sees little difference between a fanatical website and a newspaper of record. To him, all information is equal.
According to Tanel, the world is run by a cabal of white men in black suits with good manicures who spend their days around a burled oak table discussing what to do with the rest of us. Tanel cites the Illuminati, Freemasons, Wall Street, the Jews. Always the Jews. Name a group, and Tanel will tell you how they’re manipulating us.
Conspiracy theories, as I’ve heard them best described, are convenient for those who can’t be bothered to try to understand the complex world around us. They’re ideal for those who are not actually Masons, have not worked at Bank of America or Merrill Lynch, or don’t have any friends who are Jews. Conspiracy theories are ideal for those who want to believe they have made the conscious choice not to participate in The System. Tanel segregates himself, does not get involved, and then convinces himself he’s outside the club because he was refused entry, though in fact he never even applied for membership. Tanel says they know who he is. Just like they know who I am. Like they know who you are. And none of us will ever get anywhere.
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zzzzzzzzzzzz13 May 2010 15:52
Some EE readers would rather read an article by Tanel than Vello's one-sided cheap shots on someone who should now be given equal time. Vello obviously has a high regard for his own opinions, however his shallow treatment of trivia, does not make him an expert on history or 'conspiracy theories'.
In general, anyone who has spent significant time in Europe knows that people there are more knowledgeable about what happens 'behind the scenes', and their mainstream media report more than official/government information.
http://www.prisonplanet.com/da... §13 May 2010 15:00
Thanks for the interesting note, Vello.
Your friend, Tanel, shares many qualities with the Toronto-Estonian who emigrated to Estonia years ago and fabricated a new personna for himself. Now, he's a proud Russian-Estonian with a French-sounding name -- Maxim de la Trine. He might think that this conjures an aura of Tsarist royalty. Actually, his name and his harping, simply beg for ridicule.
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