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What About Conspiracy Theories?
by Gordon Francis Corbett (9-3-01)

One of the most popular epithets hurled at those who speculate about the causes of our political woes is, "Aw, that is just a conspiracy theory."

What is the truth?

We know that any development in medicine, industry, or business represents the hard work of a great many well-organized people.  We know, too, that any new law, and any law's repeal, can only come into being because many people have combined to create it.  Regardless, some would have us believe that when something politically unpleasant happens, it must have been caused spontaneously or accidentally.

Unpleasant events can transpire accidentally, of course;  but sometimes they result from conspiracies.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary of 1913 defines "conspiracy" as, "A combination of men for an evil purpose, as agreement, between two or more persons, to commit a crime in concert, as treason;  a plot."

Criminals know that trying openly to commit an evil act invites defeat.  Consequently, they conspire.  Some scheme in squalor to rob banks.  Others plan in luxury to steal countries.  Lenin's, Mussolini's, and Hitler's successes were neither spontaneous nor accidental.  They required a great deal of wealth, sweat, and secrecy.

Those same elements have long marked our own system.  From the beginning of our Republic, wealthy men have conspired to line their pockets and reduce our freedom.  We know this, because courageous people have told us.

Now it is our turn.  We must read books of economic theory;  we must read books of historical fact;  and we must read our daily newspapers.  We must keep our eyes open and our brains working.

Some will not want us to do that.  They will ask us to trust them rather than rely on our own ability to think.  Our response will determine whether we continue to live as free men.