• IndiBrony@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        18
        arrow-down
        2
        ·
        edit-2
        3 months ago

        I like you.

        Like, this is what conspiracy should be - actually somewhat believable - and not dumb shit like flat earth.

        I always held that 9/11 was dubious. Not an “inside job” per se, but definitely a case of “we’re gonna turn our backs for just a second, and you terrorists better not do something silly while we’re not looking!”

        One of the biggest things that will always stick out to me: the WMDs. They were adamant Iraq had them. They said they had actual evidence. None of it was true. It all came across as an excuse for ol’ George to go in and try to finish what daddy started in '91.

        Just to be clear as well, I think other conspiracies such as the controlled demolition of the towers and the fake plane at the pentagon are bullshit. I don’t have my tinfoil hat on that tightly.

        • Vilian@lemmy.ca
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          2
          ·
          3 months ago

          I always held that 9/11 was dubious. Not an “inside job” per se, but definitely a case of “we’re gonna turn our backs for just a second, and you terrorists better not do something silly while we’re not looking!”

          But why? What they won letting that happen?

          • SuperIce@lemmy.world
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            8
            ·
            edit-2
            3 months ago

            The Patriot Act gives the government practically unlimited permission to spy on all citizens. It was created and passed as a result of 9/11.

              • SuperIce@lemmy.world
                link
                fedilink
                English
                arrow-up
                2
                ·
                3 months ago

                It was introduced on October 23rd 2001 in direct response to the 9/11 attack and signed into law on 26th.

                  • IndiBrony@lemmy.world
                    link
                    fedilink
                    English
                    arrow-up
                    3
                    ·
                    edit-2
                    3 months ago

                    I don’t doubt that many proposals were made well before 9/11, but that attack certainly proved a catalyst in getting them approved.

                    Basically: we want to control citizens > citizens don’t want to be controlled > create a scenario in which they want to be controlled > control citizens

                    Might take a few years between implementation and the desired result, but politics is always a slow march towards authoritarianism.

                    Also, the fact it was labelled as the counter terrorism act. Not much call for a counter terrorism act of there isn’t much terrorism happening. No better way to say “we need this” than an actual terrorist attack happening.

        • Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          3 months ago

          other conspiracies such as the controlled demolition of the towers

          Maybe not WTC 1 or 2 but WTC 7 looks exactly like a controlled demolition.