We truly live in the funniest timeline.
Lemme believe my conspiracy theory about the conspiracy theory!
Also maybe I shoulda said “popularized” instead of “created”.
The Illuminati conspiracy theory developed alongside anti-masonry. It has been one of the most popular world-views in the US since the country's founding.
Adam Curtis is a great storyteller, but he often lies by omission to tell his story.
Feudalism and by extension capitalism are like the most obvious conspiracies of all time but nah let's obsesses over weirdo volcels in black robes.
I heard in an occult podcast (where the host did his intro and then just played an entire Parenti lecture lol) that marxism is in effect a conspiracy theory, just a correct one.
Yup, loved his stuff since college, have fanboi’d to my partner about his stuff for years, finally got her to watch ep 1 with me :)