Conspiracy Rock

You probably don't have a hard time believing that carpenters, electricians, iron workers, teachers, auto workers, and a host of other working people have conspired to get a better deal. On a day to day basis you probably do your best to pursue your best interest. You think about where you're going to work, what you might study, how much you want to make.

So why is it the minute someone suggests that the people who own and control EVERYTHING--the land, the labor, the resources--might pursue their best interests at our expense they are labeled a "Conspiracy Theorists"? Instantly we are lumped in with the crop circle and black helicopter crowd.

You might want to question the wisdom of such an assumption. Ask yourself a simple question: Who benefits from your ignorance? Who benefits? Who benefits from you ignorance of history? Who benefits from your ignorance of corporate welfare?

Days before he took office, Woodrow Wilson observed,

"the masters of the government of the United States are the combined capitalists and manufacturers of the United States." (The Public Papers of Woodrow Wilson, Volume 1, p.78)

Social philosopher, John Dewey, made a similar observation:

"Politics is the shadow cast on society by big business and will remain so as long as power resides in business for private profit through private control of banking, land, industry, reinforced by command of the press, press agents, and other means of publicity and propaganda." (John Dewey and American Democracy).

Enjoy the "Conspiracy Rock" cartoon below. It's cute. It's well made. It's an honest glance at our media. So who benefits from our ignorance?

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