Reply #9: Too bad, you might have read this.: [View All]

[caseymoz]

"I'll warn readers: conspiracy theories can drive you insane with paranoia just by themselves. You automatically begin to question the most obvious, and that's a very bad habit of thought, with which you begin to traumatize yourself with your own suspicions. In fact, the simplest explanation is usually correct, but once you're looking for the cover-ups, and you notice how little it takes it manufacture evidence, then everything in life becomes a trick."

Another point I made was, in fact, exactly the point you made:

"It is easy to see what would be at stake. The suburbs of Washington have grown steadily opulent since the time of Reagan (no surprise), and several of them are among the wealthiest suburbs in the country. This wasn't always the fact about Washington. The money to be had for the people in the military/industrial complex can corrupt a million souls. When you threaten somebodies' cash cow, things turn very ugly. It is certainly believable that operatives would be protecting these interests. President Dwight D. Eisenhower warned citizens of the corruption of the military industrial complex. He might have understated things, as his successor was assassinated."

With corporate lobbyist and defense contractors et. al making so much money from our government, for those who greed doesn't corrupt, threats are enough to silence, and terror are enough to force complicity. With so much money there, it wouldn't take too much terror, just enough that people know it's there but don't talk about it. And it would be more rewarding from a materialist point of view. Those who fear the stick and don't want the carrot will still get the carrot.