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    The Holocaust Denial Conspiracy Fear can lead people to believe nothing is as it seems and draw their own conclusions about political issues exaggerating or altering the “truth”; “everybody wants to believe that everything is not random and that somebody has control” (Katel 893). Conspiracy theories emerge from the necessity of explaining rare events or apparent coincidences, and its bases are mainly fear and distrust of government and leadership. Not all conspiracies are harmless, and since they

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    them are real? Conspiracy theories have been around since the early 1790’s and never have really gone out of style since then. There are many different stories, videos and articles about conspiracy theories, all of which really make one think. One of the most shocking conspiracy theories came around 1972, a little after NASA had conducted the first moon landing. Many people believed that this moon landing was fake and it was all set up with green screens and different props (“Conspiracy Theories”).

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    Jim Kline’s journal article titled, “C. G. Jung and Norman Cohn Explain Pizzagate: The Archetypal Dimension of a Conspiracy Theory,” attempts to provide an explanation as to why people are enthralled by certain conspiracy notions involving satanic rituals, cannibalism, and human degradation. During the 2016 presidential elections, online websites circulated a very convoluted conspiracy involving then presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton and husband Bill. They tied the power couple to a small, local

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    role in my interest in conspiracy theories. Although I definitely do not believe all of them, they are fun to look into and are good tools for procrastination. Falling deeper into the hole that is Wikipedia, I spent a large amount of my free time “researching” them. It got to the point where I had to force myself to actually work on homework instead. However, I am not one of those crazy conspiracy theorists; I am only interested in ones that seem legit. All interesting conspiracy theories have similar

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    AIDS is a creation of the CIA. The Berenstein/Berenstain Bears multiverse theory. Unexplained events being a “glitch in the matrix”. These are just a few of the many conspiracy theories I have investigated throughout the years. I don’t necessarily believe in most of the conspiracy theories that I peruse, but that doesn’t deter me from reading about them. For as long as I can remember, I’ve always loved to examine things beyond face value, and to instead think of what it could be. Growing up, whenever

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    citizens that do not believe the answers that they receive which has led to the creation of conspiracy theories, and many of them. Some of them make sense and provide factual information and support yet others are more abstract and do not contain much proof and if they do contain proof it is quickly deemed as false. In some cases some conspiracy theories turn out to be the truth. The definition of a conspiracy theory is an explanatory hypothesis that accuses a person or group of people of planning

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    plagued by conspiracy theories that are used as attacks by Donald Trump supporters. For decades the Clinton family has been in the eyes of the public. Ever since some of the mysterious aspects of Bill Clinton’s presidency have come forward, the Clintons are never far from a conspiracy theory. Though some of these theories may be a little hard to believe, in most cases there is strong information to support these claims. There are different aspects of the Clinton’s lives that conspiracy theorists like

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    reason or irrationality that empowers reason with its undeniable coercive force.” Hence, the book does not go hand in hand with other cultural conspiracy historians; despite the similarity of research result the perception applied varies. The last book on cultural conspiracy to be examined exemplifies newer trend in the historical scholarship on conspiracy on American culture since sixteenth century up to nineteen century. John Farrell’s Paranoia and Modernity study bases on works of historians

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    ------------------------------------------------- New World Order (conspiracy theory) This article is about the use of the term New World Order in conspiracy theory. For other uses, see New World Order (disambiguation). The reverse side of the Great Seal of the United States (1776). The Latin phrase "novus ordo seclorum", appearing on the reverse side of the Great Seal since 1782 and on the back of the U.S one-dollar bill since 1935, means "New Order of the Ages" and only alludes to the beginning

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    The Skull and Bones conspiracy is a popular conspiracy. Skull and Bones is an undergraduate senior secret society at Yale. It was founded in 1932. Members of Skull and Bones are known as Bonesmen. There is not just one conspiracy surrounding the Skull and Bones society. There are many conspiracies such as Skull and Bones is a branch of the Illuminati, Skull and Bones controls the Central Intelligence Agency, Skull and Bones was made to smuggle drugs, Skull and Bones are grave robbers, and that Skull

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