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Cabalocracy and the Hall of Mirrors

called ‘false flag operation’—for a failing leader or ideology. I can
ignore the issue completely in the case of alleged phenomena for
which I am already certain no basis in fact exists—in gross terms, the
materialist point of view, but not when real events are at issue: an
assassination, a coup d’état or financial crisis, occasionally a casus
belli obscured by the fog of war. All one needs do is admit the
possibility of a conspiracy theory falling into the same category of
manipulated diversion. Thus the slew of Kennedy assassination
theories; by the time they were cleared away, too much time had
passed for the crucial evidence to be gathered. Tell me, Mr. Dawes:
wouldn’t a cabal running the world for its own benefit take pains to
bombard the curious with a series of semi-plausible but easily
demolished theories to confuse and demoralize anyone seriously on
its trail?”
“I suppose that could, or even does, happen. Wouldn’t an
intelligent layman be able to figure out who are the deceivers?”
He shook his head vehemently. “In these matters there are no
intelligent laymen. You started by acknowledging the need for an
expert in many areas of knowledge. If no conspiracy were in fact
operating, such a person would not find one. That leaves several
other possibilities: a real conspiracy so well-hidden it wouldn’t ever
be uncovered, and all theories concerning its possibility would be
wide of the mark; a real conspiracy in danger of being uncovered,
which would take countermeasures to protect its concealment; and a
totally false conspiracy sprinkling clues to draw potential researchers
out into the open, the better then to hatch a real plot. This is the
danger of infinite regression, and it takes the player out of the game:
every move is already compromised by the possibility of it being
made by a double agent. That endless series of reflections is the
paralyzing hall of mirrors. Those who say the devil masquerades as
God to tempt them, or that God masquerades as the devil to test
them, have a similar dilemma; but they use it to their advantage,
invoking the omnipotent string-puller when it transparently serves
their interest. Conspiracy theorists might not wish to concede similar
powers to the hidden cabal, but simply because they cannot prove
that sophisticated levels of deception are not at the supposed
plotters’ disposal, they end up trapped between bouncing
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