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Which is Worse: Conspiracy Theory or Hive Mind?

10 12
27.08.2024

It’s good to know that the daughter of two academics, one a Tamil Brahmin and the other a Marixt economist, is just Middle-Class Kamala.

But now the last echo of the Kennedy mystique, RFK Jr., has plumped for Trump, after releasing a screed in which he accused the Democrats of being meanie jelly-beanies.

But I wonder if the main contribution from RFK Jr. will be to help mainstream three “conspiracy theories.”

(What is a conspiracy theory? I don’t know. But it is something dark and threatening, rather like “far-Right” extremists.)

Conspiracy Theory One is “our children's health and chronic disease in general.” Says RFK Jr.:

Two-thirds of American adults and children suffer from chronic health issues… In America, 74% of Americans are now overweight or obese, and 50% of our children… Today, one out of every three kids who walks through [a typical pediatrician’s] office door is diabetic or pre-diabetic[.]

You tell me: is this a conspiracy theory or just a routine failure of the managerial administrative state that runs our health care system?

Conspiracy Theory Two is the Ukraine war. RFK Jr.:

Ukraine War began in 2014 when U.S. agencies overthrew the democratically elected government of Ukraine and installed a handpicked pro-Western government that launched a........

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