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Pretty much what the title says

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 5 days ago

How much proof do you need. The Wikipedia page alone have tons of sources.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/COINTELPRO

https://www.lib.berkeley.edu/about/news/fbi

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Just because something is a conspiracy doesn't mean it is a lie.

Most conspiracy theories are lies/delusions, but look at the real projects like MKULTRA, they sound like insane conspiracy theories, but are real.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago

Difference between:

Conspiracy and Conspiracy Theory

Theories can be proven to be true, or can be just a baseless claim.

Out of the many conspiracy theories, there are some that will be proven to be true.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 days ago

Bruh

🙄

Its real.

Did you not pay attention in class, or did your school just deleted that from history class?

https://vault.fbi.gov/cointel-pro

Literally on the FBI official website. (although they might try to downplay it)

Other sources:

https://www.britannica.com/topic/COINTELPRO

https://www.npr.org/2006/01/18/5161811/cointelpro-and-the-history-of-domestic-spying

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

Michael Parenti, Dirty Truths

Those who suffer from conspiracy phobia are fond of saying: “Do you actually think there’s a group of people sitting around in a room plotting things?” For some reason that image is assumed to be so patently absurd as to invite only disclaimers. But where else would people of power get together – on park benches or carousels? Indeed, they meet in rooms: corporate boardrooms, Pentagon command rooms, at the Bohemian Grove, in the choice dining rooms at the best restaurants, resorts, hotels, and estates, in the many conference rooms at the White House, the NSA, the CIA, or wherever. And, yes, they consciously plot – though they call it “planning” and “strategizing” – and they do so in great secrecy, often resisting all efforts at public disclosure. No one confabulates and plans more than political and corporate elites and their hired specialists. To make the world safe for those who own it, politically active elements of the owning class have created a national security state that expends billions of dollars and enlists the efforts of vast numbers of people.

Aaron Good, American Exception: Empire and the Deep State

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

conspiratorial?