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None Dare Call It Conspiracy
Allen's big runaway best-seller, published in 1971. With fully documented work Allen exposes how conspiratorial forces behind the scenes actually "control" and "dictate" our government and its policies.
141 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 1971
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Gary Allen
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American conservative journalist, he contributed to magazines such as Conservative Digest and American Opinion.
His most known book is "None dare call it conspiracy" The book is considered to be a bestseller.
Critics called Allen an populist and conspiracy theoretician.
Allen was a member of the John Birch Society.
American conservative journalist, he contributed to magazines such as Conservative Digest and American Opinion.
His most known book is "None dare call it conspiracy" The book is considered to be a bestseller.
Critics called Allen an populist and conspiracy theoretician.
Allen was a member of the John Birch Society.
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April 17, 2014
If there is one book you should read in your entire life, this is the one. Think you're a free person? Wrong, the banks run by the global elites run the world. They decide who you vote for, what cloths you wear and what you eat, and how you think. The rockefellers, morgans, and other super rich set up the progressive income tax in 1917 (per the communist manifesto), not to force Americans to "pay their fair share," but to destroy their competition. Before imposing an unConstitutional progressive income tax they set up tax-free foundations where they could hide their money and avoid paying ANY taxes. That's right, the super rich pay $0 income tax. Between offshore accounts and tax-free foundations, only average Americans are required to pay income taxes.
Gary Allen set out to disprove this theory and ended up finding all the documentation and proof to change his mind. There is a global socialist plot called the New World Order, it's stated and out in the open, but we are distracted by the Hegelian Dialectic tactic of pitting A against B; republican vs democrat, left vs right, capitalism vs communism, all reinforced by by the sports mentality of Team A vs Team B. Wars are created to make the bankers money, ups and down in the economy too. JD Rockefeller saved the communist system in the Soviet Union from collapsing several times, 1) so he could secure oil contracts there and 2) because when you have an enemy, you must create a system of defense to protect against it - whether real or not. War is truly the health of the state, run by the international bankers. Americans are slaves, plugged into the matrix, if you have a feeling the news you hear every day is not complete, biased, or just flat out lies, then this book can help you unplug.
Gary Allen set out to disprove this theory and ended up finding all the documentation and proof to change his mind. There is a global socialist plot called the New World Order, it's stated and out in the open, but we are distracted by the Hegelian Dialectic tactic of pitting A against B; republican vs democrat, left vs right, capitalism vs communism, all reinforced by by the sports mentality of Team A vs Team B. Wars are created to make the bankers money, ups and down in the economy too. JD Rockefeller saved the communist system in the Soviet Union from collapsing several times, 1) so he could secure oil contracts there and 2) because when you have an enemy, you must create a system of defense to protect against it - whether real or not. War is truly the health of the state, run by the international bankers. Americans are slaves, plugged into the matrix, if you have a feeling the news you hear every day is not complete, biased, or just flat out lies, then this book can help you unplug.
November 27, 2013
Reading this book ruined my life. I was happy being blissfully unaware of all of this stuff. It was well written and well researched.
Reading this book is like that scene in the Matrix. If you want to remain unaware, take the blue pill and pass on this book. If you want your eyes open take the red pill and read this book. But there is no going back once you take the red pill.
Reading this book is like that scene in the Matrix. If you want to remain unaware, take the blue pill and pass on this book. If you want your eyes open take the red pill and read this book. But there is no going back once you take the red pill.
July 14, 2009
This is right-wing lunacy at its best. Clearly, the author had ties to the John Birch Society. It was written at the height of the New Left which of course scared the daylights out of Birchers and others of similar philosophical perspective. The author claims that the Rothschilds, a prominent European Jewish family, were conspiring with Communists to enslave the world. The lesson of this book: All freedom-loving people must read any extremist tome with skepticism, and challenge the author with the facts. This book reminds us of the necessity for readers to educate ourselves in history, economics, and current events so that we are not unduly swayed or duped by such books, particularly during difficult economic times or in time of war and terrorism. Educate yourselves on the facts and stay focused on truth, fellow readers, and think and reason for yourselves. Challenge and debate demagogues of any stripe who would abuse freedom of expression to deprive us of that right later.
December 13, 2008
Though somewhat dated, this book remains a classic in exposing the new world order conspiracy. This blows the lid on the international financiers schemes, plans (much of which have come to pass since this book was published) and shows how they instigated and financed communism. Allens take was that the global elites were going to mold the world into a borderless communist state with no sovereign nations or people. In retrospect they have shifted gears a little, now fusing the worst elements of capitalism with ideas of universalist/oneness of all men and social controls of communism/socialism. You could easily just insert the word "globalism" where Allen speaks of "communism" or "socialism" in this book and it doesn't seem dated at all.
You also get insight into the Federal Reserve, the CFR, the Bilderberger group and who instigated their founding and who controls them, the Rockefellers, the so called "philanthropic" foundations controlled by the global elites, the European banking syndicate, the making of puppet Presidents and other political figures, the ferminting of scam wars and lots more.
I don't agree with all of Allens conclusions or his solutions to defeating this globalist beast but None Dare Call it Conspiracy is a must read because it contains much vital information on deciphering the new world order conspiracy. I highly recomend The Rockefeller File by Allen also.
You also get insight into the Federal Reserve, the CFR, the Bilderberger group and who instigated their founding and who controls them, the Rockefellers, the so called "philanthropic" foundations controlled by the global elites, the European banking syndicate, the making of puppet Presidents and other political figures, the ferminting of scam wars and lots more.
I don't agree with all of Allens conclusions or his solutions to defeating this globalist beast but None Dare Call it Conspiracy is a must read because it contains much vital information on deciphering the new world order conspiracy. I highly recomend The Rockefeller File by Allen also.
January 6, 2010
This book reflects the ideas of the "other" sixties Counter-culture: the one that crystallized around the John Birch Society and anti-Communism. Allen avoids tipping into areas of racism or hate speech, but remains firmly entrenched in right-wing wackiness and unreality. His argument, made on page 21 in all-caps is that Communism is "AN INTERNATIONAL, CONSPIRATORIAL DRIVE FOR POWER ON THE PART OF MEN IN HIGH PLACES WILLING TO USE ANY MEANS TO BRING ABOUT THEIR DESIRED AIM - GLOBAL CONQUEST." Got that?
At the center of the "World Supra-Government" as Allen sees it is the Council on Foreign Relations, which grows out of older world-government schemes, starting with the Rothschild family, and which controls nearly all global corporate and federal governmental bodies. Democratic Socialism is merely Communism with a smiley-face, of course, and socialism is the ultimate goal of the World Supra-Government. Not left out of the lineup of global baddies is the highly Communistic Federal Reserve and even our old friends the Illuminati put in an appearance or two.
That said, it is an important point that Allen does not call for paramilitary resistance or a coup to take power away from the bad guys, but believes that increased participation in democratic institutions, especially at the local level, is the way to fight "socialism." His "fourteen signposts to slavery" include such Patriot Act staples as "detention of individuals without judicial process" and "any attempt to restrict freedom of movement within the United States." The right has largely lost sight of this sort of concern, choosing instead to focus on equal health care as creeping Socialism, but it may well be that Allen's wakeup call might have better been focused on actions of the Bush administration (he was as anti-Nixon as any hippy). Historically we may well ask ourselves when gay marriage became a bigger concern of the "anti-big-government" crowd than wiretapping, and this book is one piece of evidence that it was not always so.
At the center of the "World Supra-Government" as Allen sees it is the Council on Foreign Relations, which grows out of older world-government schemes, starting with the Rothschild family, and which controls nearly all global corporate and federal governmental bodies. Democratic Socialism is merely Communism with a smiley-face, of course, and socialism is the ultimate goal of the World Supra-Government. Not left out of the lineup of global baddies is the highly Communistic Federal Reserve and even our old friends the Illuminati put in an appearance or two.
That said, it is an important point that Allen does not call for paramilitary resistance or a coup to take power away from the bad guys, but believes that increased participation in democratic institutions, especially at the local level, is the way to fight "socialism." His "fourteen signposts to slavery" include such Patriot Act staples as "detention of individuals without judicial process" and "any attempt to restrict freedom of movement within the United States." The right has largely lost sight of this sort of concern, choosing instead to focus on equal health care as creeping Socialism, but it may well be that Allen's wakeup call might have better been focused on actions of the Bush administration (he was as anti-Nixon as any hippy). Historically we may well ask ourselves when gay marriage became a bigger concern of the "anti-big-government" crowd than wiretapping, and this book is one piece of evidence that it was not always so.
June 22, 2011
Okay, here's the deal. I didn't really love this book. Actually I really hated it. BUT I think that it deserves 5 stars for the truths that it teaches. The author didn't write this book to be cool or to gain the praises and accolades of the world. He wrote it because he came across a scary truth and the evidence to back it up and felt a deep responsibility to share the truth of what going on "behind the scenes" in politics. Every American should read this book. Ezra Taft Benson, former Secretary of Agriculture and former President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints said "I wish that every citizen of every country in the free world and every slave behind the Iron Curtain might read this book."
Read it. You'll probably hate it. It'll probably scare your pants off. But you need to know what's going on. Also know, this is a book with a call to action. You can't put it down and not do anything else.
Read it. You'll probably hate it. It'll probably scare your pants off. But you need to know what's going on. Also know, this is a book with a call to action. You can't put it down and not do anything else.
May 18, 2012
One the one hand, I felt like I should have read this with a tin foil hat on my head. On the other hand, I feel like I have discovered the Glenn Beck to English dictionary.
I didn't know much about The John Birch Society or Producerism before reading this book. I finally understand some of those nonsensical signs that you see at tea party protests.
The thing is that there is some truth woven in, which means that some of those people are very much on the same page when it comes to the idea that dems and republicans are the same and concentration of power is dangerous.
So is it totally impossible for those people to stop vilifying the poor and start focusing on power?
I didn't know much about The John Birch Society or Producerism before reading this book. I finally understand some of those nonsensical signs that you see at tea party protests.
The thing is that there is some truth woven in, which means that some of those people are very much on the same page when it comes to the idea that dems and republicans are the same and concentration of power is dangerous.
So is it totally impossible for those people to stop vilifying the poor and start focusing on power?
July 31, 2021
The author of this book was a Stanford graduate and belonged to the notorious John Birch Society in Orange County. He begins his argument with a false dichotomy, i.e. that there are only two types of history: planned and accidental. He believes that those who have planned history are conspiring against everyone. This book absolutely drips with paranoia.
Many of his examples are outdated, but the mentality is very much with us, including GR members giving this book positive hype today on GR.
It may be because I'm reading Proust, but this book stimulated a remembrance of a thing past. Somehow my father got a copy of this book. It had the same cover pictured here. I know that the Birchers mailed out scads of these books. I don't know if my Dad got his copy that way or someone gave it to him.
He was WW II vet and very much a Vietnam hawk. This book fed his paranoia and he often refereed to how so & so was a "one-worlder," nomenclature straight out of this book.
Nothing new under the Sun.
Many of his examples are outdated, but the mentality is very much with us, including GR members giving this book positive hype today on GR.
It may be because I'm reading Proust, but this book stimulated a remembrance of a thing past. Somehow my father got a copy of this book. It had the same cover pictured here. I know that the Birchers mailed out scads of these books. I don't know if my Dad got his copy that way or someone gave it to him.
He was WW II vet and very much a Vietnam hawk. This book fed his paranoia and he often refereed to how so & so was a "one-worlder," nomenclature straight out of this book.
Nothing new under the Sun.
November 22, 2018
Well, I know that use of the word conspiracy usually causes most people to roll their eyes and start to edge away from the person with whom they were conversing.
I get that.
Look I'd simply suggest you read this. It goes way back (40 years) and has stayed in print because some keep...wondering. I must admit as I get older the idea of at least an attempt at some overriding conspiracy seems more and more likely. I mean how long since you've voted for someone you actually strongly support and not "the lesser of two evils"?
This book will simply lay out some thoughts and some evidence that could bear looking at. It seems odd to me that government conspiracy theories are usually lumped in with conspiracy ideas about...reptilian aliens secretly running the world. Some conspiracy theories seem geared to making the theorist (or theorists) look like...well crackpots.
Look, just look for yourself and try not to decide things before you read. For all I know it is all smoke and mirrors...but then you know...that could work both ways??????
I get that.
Look I'd simply suggest you read this. It goes way back (40 years) and has stayed in print because some keep...wondering. I must admit as I get older the idea of at least an attempt at some overriding conspiracy seems more and more likely. I mean how long since you've voted for someone you actually strongly support and not "the lesser of two evils"?
This book will simply lay out some thoughts and some evidence that could bear looking at. It seems odd to me that government conspiracy theories are usually lumped in with conspiracy ideas about...reptilian aliens secretly running the world. Some conspiracy theories seem geared to making the theorist (or theorists) look like...well crackpots.
Look, just look for yourself and try not to decide things before you read. For all I know it is all smoke and mirrors...but then you know...that could work both ways??????
May 27, 2013
Like some other vintage, anti-communist, hysterical conspiracy writing I've read, None Dare Call It Conspiracy starts harmlessly enough. The first half of the book is merely irrational. I assume this is to eliminate open-minded readers who are naturally predisposed to disagree and bore those looking to have some laughs at the tinfoil hat crowd's expense. For those who make it past the half-way point, Gary Allen takes the gloves off and goes the kind of full-blown, bat shit loco crazy you are expecting.
It puts the 21st century lifelong liberal in an awkward spot, actually, as we have to be sympathetic - even defensive - for President Nixon. Granted, this was pre-Watergate, but President Nixon already had a storied career behind him, flush with things even a centrist Democrat would find objectionable. But one thing he wasn't was a communist/Rothschild/Illuminati agent. I'm sorry; I dislike him almost as much as Gary Allen does. But he wasn't that.
And this short book/long-essay makes one very uncomfortable, because it forms an unlikely solidarity with the Republican mainstream of the late 60s - early 70s.
But you have to understand: that is a totally different kind of uncomfortable: far less uncomfortable than having to confront ideas you've always believed in. Thankfully, None Dare Call It Conspiracy doesn't challenge any preexisting beliefs. It's pretty much delusional ravings from the start, escalating to full blown clanging by the end.
And it does give you something to laugh at, after all: Silly John Birch Society! You so crazy.
It puts the 21st century lifelong liberal in an awkward spot, actually, as we have to be sympathetic - even defensive - for President Nixon. Granted, this was pre-Watergate, but President Nixon already had a storied career behind him, flush with things even a centrist Democrat would find objectionable. But one thing he wasn't was a communist/Rothschild/Illuminati agent. I'm sorry; I dislike him almost as much as Gary Allen does. But he wasn't that.
And this short book/long-essay makes one very uncomfortable, because it forms an unlikely solidarity with the Republican mainstream of the late 60s - early 70s.
But you have to understand: that is a totally different kind of uncomfortable: far less uncomfortable than having to confront ideas you've always believed in. Thankfully, None Dare Call It Conspiracy doesn't challenge any preexisting beliefs. It's pretty much delusional ravings from the start, escalating to full blown clanging by the end.
And it does give you something to laugh at, after all: Silly John Birch Society! You so crazy.
February 9, 2017
lol. If you know this book, then you'll understand why I don't intend to write a review on it. "They're watching." :)
Seriously though, I picked it up because it had an endorsement on the back by "Ezra Taft Benson, former Secretary of Agriculture," which made me pay attention.
(update 12/10/16:)
A brief summary: The book outlines the rise of secret combinations in the United States, specifically ones with designs to overthrow freedom in America from within the government and without, through means such as the Federal Reserve, the income tax system, and the United Nations. Because it was published in the 1960's, it leaves out much that readers would want to know. A recommended companion volume is The Shadows of Power (James Perloff, 1988).
I won't go into detail on the fact that most of the arguments in this book are summarily dismissed by political science professors and would get you branded as a "John Bircher" (the kiss of death in public circles) if you were to publicly espouse them. That should go without saying.
The most useful idea I've found from None Dare Call It Conspiracy over the years, which I still refer back to often, appears near the beginning of the book. It is a discussion of the left-right political spectrum and how it can lead to misunderstanding about the aims of various political philosophies. Have you ever wondered how strange it is that people call fascism the "far right" and communism the "far left," but in actuality they are not that different from each other (both being totalitarian)? The most bizarre thing about this way of looking at politics is that it doesn't tell you much about what we're getting "more of" as we go further right or further left, other than "extremism," which tells you quite little. This popular but erroneous framework also operates on the assumption that the more zealous a person is about his or her political ideas, the more apt they are to be a closet extremist (meaning that if they had the opportunity, they would enact a government on the far end of the spectrum in whatever direction they are leaning). Thus a whole-hearted leftist is actually a nascent communist, and someone arguing fervently for states rights (typically a right-wing topic, but in the 1800s it was the pet topic of Democrats) is secretly a Nazi.
Gary Allen proposes what I think is a far more useful framework for looking at political philosophies: He places "total government" on one end of the spectrum (with communism, fascism, and similar approaches of complete government control grouped there; today you could put Islamic theocracy there too, such as what you see under ISIS). On the opposite end of the spectrum Allen places "no government" (anarchy, and close to it would be tribalism). In the middle you have such philosophies as limited government (such as what our Republic was designed to be), constitutional monarchy, democratic socialism, and so forth.
Looked at this way, it is more clear why fascism and communism are so similar, and also why you automatically start to lose the argument for limited government (which today is usually labeled as right-wing extremism) when you accept the standard left-right political philosophy framework: it puts you in the position of supposedly being close cousins with Hitler's brown shirts, who wanted nothing even close to limited government.
The majority of the book is spent on showing how agreements made behind the scenes since the beginning of the 20th century have reduced our freedoms and gradually eroded our constitutional limits on government. Many details are given in a historical narrative that, if true, would alarm anyone who loves this country. The author aims to show how these efforts have paved the way for the United States to surrender its sovereignty to globalist designs for a one-world government. He calls for patriots to stand up and help preserve our Republic before it is too late.
Seriously though, I picked it up because it had an endorsement on the back by "Ezra Taft Benson, former Secretary of Agriculture," which made me pay attention.
(update 12/10/16:)
A brief summary: The book outlines the rise of secret combinations in the United States, specifically ones with designs to overthrow freedom in America from within the government and without, through means such as the Federal Reserve, the income tax system, and the United Nations. Because it was published in the 1960's, it leaves out much that readers would want to know. A recommended companion volume is The Shadows of Power (James Perloff, 1988).
I won't go into detail on the fact that most of the arguments in this book are summarily dismissed by political science professors and would get you branded as a "John Bircher" (the kiss of death in public circles) if you were to publicly espouse them. That should go without saying.
The most useful idea I've found from None Dare Call It Conspiracy over the years, which I still refer back to often, appears near the beginning of the book. It is a discussion of the left-right political spectrum and how it can lead to misunderstanding about the aims of various political philosophies. Have you ever wondered how strange it is that people call fascism the "far right" and communism the "far left," but in actuality they are not that different from each other (both being totalitarian)? The most bizarre thing about this way of looking at politics is that it doesn't tell you much about what we're getting "more of" as we go further right or further left, other than "extremism," which tells you quite little. This popular but erroneous framework also operates on the assumption that the more zealous a person is about his or her political ideas, the more apt they are to be a closet extremist (meaning that if they had the opportunity, they would enact a government on the far end of the spectrum in whatever direction they are leaning). Thus a whole-hearted leftist is actually a nascent communist, and someone arguing fervently for states rights (typically a right-wing topic, but in the 1800s it was the pet topic of Democrats) is secretly a Nazi.
Gary Allen proposes what I think is a far more useful framework for looking at political philosophies: He places "total government" on one end of the spectrum (with communism, fascism, and similar approaches of complete government control grouped there; today you could put Islamic theocracy there too, such as what you see under ISIS). On the opposite end of the spectrum Allen places "no government" (anarchy, and close to it would be tribalism). In the middle you have such philosophies as limited government (such as what our Republic was designed to be), constitutional monarchy, democratic socialism, and so forth.
Looked at this way, it is more clear why fascism and communism are so similar, and also why you automatically start to lose the argument for limited government (which today is usually labeled as right-wing extremism) when you accept the standard left-right political philosophy framework: it puts you in the position of supposedly being close cousins with Hitler's brown shirts, who wanted nothing even close to limited government.
The majority of the book is spent on showing how agreements made behind the scenes since the beginning of the 20th century have reduced our freedoms and gradually eroded our constitutional limits on government. Many details are given in a historical narrative that, if true, would alarm anyone who loves this country. The author aims to show how these efforts have paved the way for the United States to surrender its sovereignty to globalist designs for a one-world government. He calls for patriots to stand up and help preserve our Republic before it is too late.
July 8, 2018
This was a thought-provoking read. Although it was quite dated, unfortunately much of it is still relevant today.
Some interesting quotes:
“If you have total government it makes little difference whether you call it Communism, Fascism, Socialism, Caesarism or Pharaohism. It's all pretty much the same from the standpoint of the people who must live and suffer under it.”
“FDR once said ‘In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.’”
“If you study Marx's Communist Manifesto you will find that in essence Marx said the proletarian revolution would establish the SOCIALIST dictatorship of the proletariat. To achieve the SOCIALIST dictatorship of the proletariat, three things would have to be accomplished: (1) The elimination of all right to private property; (2) The dissolution of the family unit; and (3) Destruction of what Marx referred to as the "opiate of the people," religion.”
Some interesting quotes:
“If you have total government it makes little difference whether you call it Communism, Fascism, Socialism, Caesarism or Pharaohism. It's all pretty much the same from the standpoint of the people who must live and suffer under it.”
“FDR once said ‘In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.’”
“If you study Marx's Communist Manifesto you will find that in essence Marx said the proletarian revolution would establish the SOCIALIST dictatorship of the proletariat. To achieve the SOCIALIST dictatorship of the proletariat, three things would have to be accomplished: (1) The elimination of all right to private property; (2) The dissolution of the family unit; and (3) Destruction of what Marx referred to as the "opiate of the people," religion.”
September 5, 2008
The title of this book initially made me nervous, and I would have never picked it up except that someone recommended it to me and it has this endorsement from Ezra Taft Benson:
"I wish that every citizen of every country in the free world and every slave behind the Iron Curtain might read this book."
Ezra Taft Benson, Secretary of Agriculture to President Eisenhower for 8 years
This is probably the most enlightening book I've read lately, especially in view of the current political race. It's totally changed my way of thinking about our political system and who is really running it. I would recommend this to anyone as a serious consideration of our duty as American citizens.
"I wish that every citizen of every country in the free world and every slave behind the Iron Curtain might read this book."
Ezra Taft Benson, Secretary of Agriculture to President Eisenhower for 8 years
This is probably the most enlightening book I've read lately, especially in view of the current political race. It's totally changed my way of thinking about our political system and who is really running it. I would recommend this to anyone as a serious consideration of our duty as American citizens.
July 25, 2008
This book gave me a clear understanding of the conspiracies that I used to think were just theories. My eyes are opened and I can't help but ache for the state that our country is in. I love America and pray for it's protection from evil and designing men in these last days.
December 17, 2015
When I found out that President Ezra Taft Benson recommended during his General Conference talk in April 1972 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJNMc...) that every member needed to read this book, I decided that I had better read it. This book is very informative and pulls back the curtain on Lucifer's plans in these last days. The Book of Mormon warns of secret combinations (see Ether 8:24-26) and this book details some of these combinations. A lot of times these secret combinations are hard learn about. It is more enjoyable to learn about happiness and humanity. However, in order to appreciate the good, we have to know its opposition. As the scripture says: "we should waste and wear out our lives in bringing to light all the hidden things of darkness, wherein we know them; and they are truly manifest from heaven—" D&C 123:13
January 19, 2012
It's important to note that this book has never been debunked or disproven. Check out the Rockefeller Files by Gary Allen, as well.
It details the fact that you were all sold out before your great grandparents were born....
It details the fact that you were all sold out before your great grandparents were born....
March 26, 2011
This is a good introductory book on the subject of economic and political conspiracy but I think "The Creature from Jekyll Island" by G. Edward Griffin (1994) is a better work. That book has a lot of quality detail, analysis and perspective that this book lacks. It also outlines even more important and consequential conspiracies than Gary Allen exposes.
Since I was already knowledgable about most of Allen's revelations, what I found most interesting was his description of what conspiracy is, how and why people plot it, how others look for it, and how still others react to the people trying to expose it. This is mostly in chapter one. Some quotes from the book on this below:
"Most intellectuals, pseudo and otherwise, deal with the conspiratorial theory of history simply by ignoring it. They never attempt to refute the evidence. It can't be refuted. If and when the silent treatment doesn't work, these "objective" scholars and mass media opinion molders resort to personal attacks, ridicule and satire. The personal attacks tend to divert attention from the facts which an author or speaker is trying to expose. The idea is to force the person exposing the conspiracy to stop the exposure and spend his time and effort defending himself."
"It must be remembered that the first job of any conspiracy, whether it be in politics, crime or within a business office, is to convince everyone else that no conspiracy exists."
"Psychological problems are also involved in inducing people to look at the evidence concerning the Insiders. People are usually comfortable with their old beliefs and conceptions. When Columbus told people the world was a ball and not a pancake, they were highly upset. They were being asked to reject their way of thinking of a lifetime and adopt a whole new outlook. The "intellectuals" of the day scoffed at Columbus and people were afraid they would lose social prestige if they listened to him. Many others just did not want to believe the world was round. It complicated too many things. And typical flat-earthers had such a vested interest involving their own egos, that they heaped abuse on Columbus for challenging their view of the universe. "Don't confuse us with facts; our minds are made up," they said.
These same factors apply today. Because the Establishment controls the media, anyone exposing the Insiders will be the recipient of a continuous fusillade of invective from newspapers, magazines, TV and radio. In this manner one is threatened with loss of "social respectability" if he dares broach the idea that there is organization behind any of the problems currently wracking America. Unfortunately, for many people social status comes before intellectual honesty. Although they would never admit it, social position is more important to many people than is the survival of freedom in America."
"Conspiracy to seize the power of government is as old as government itself."
Finally, its worth noting his quote of FDR, "In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way."
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Since I was already knowledgable about most of Allen's revelations, what I found most interesting was his description of what conspiracy is, how and why people plot it, how others look for it, and how still others react to the people trying to expose it. This is mostly in chapter one. Some quotes from the book on this below:
"Most intellectuals, pseudo and otherwise, deal with the conspiratorial theory of history simply by ignoring it. They never attempt to refute the evidence. It can't be refuted. If and when the silent treatment doesn't work, these "objective" scholars and mass media opinion molders resort to personal attacks, ridicule and satire. The personal attacks tend to divert attention from the facts which an author or speaker is trying to expose. The idea is to force the person exposing the conspiracy to stop the exposure and spend his time and effort defending himself."
"It must be remembered that the first job of any conspiracy, whether it be in politics, crime or within a business office, is to convince everyone else that no conspiracy exists."
"Psychological problems are also involved in inducing people to look at the evidence concerning the Insiders. People are usually comfortable with their old beliefs and conceptions. When Columbus told people the world was a ball and not a pancake, they were highly upset. They were being asked to reject their way of thinking of a lifetime and adopt a whole new outlook. The "intellectuals" of the day scoffed at Columbus and people were afraid they would lose social prestige if they listened to him. Many others just did not want to believe the world was round. It complicated too many things. And typical flat-earthers had such a vested interest involving their own egos, that they heaped abuse on Columbus for challenging their view of the universe. "Don't confuse us with facts; our minds are made up," they said.
These same factors apply today. Because the Establishment controls the media, anyone exposing the Insiders will be the recipient of a continuous fusillade of invective from newspapers, magazines, TV and radio. In this manner one is threatened with loss of "social respectability" if he dares broach the idea that there is organization behind any of the problems currently wracking America. Unfortunately, for many people social status comes before intellectual honesty. Although they would never admit it, social position is more important to many people than is the survival of freedom in America."
"Conspiracy to seize the power of government is as old as government itself."
Finally, its worth noting his quote of FDR, "In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way."
http://www.modernhistoryproject.org/m...
July 26, 2021
None Dare Call it Conspiracy is an over-sized political conspiracy pamphlet penned by John Birch Society spokesperson Gary Allen. Allen was a speechwriter for segregationist George Wallace when Nixon defeated him in 1968, and apparently Allen never got over it. The book is designed as a handout (hence the four million copies printed) in a pyramid-scheme hook that has the author recommending handing out copies of his own book as one of the four ways to stop the conspiracy.
The conspiracy, of course, involves socialism. Like most Republicans, Allen was a huge fan of the McCarthy era, and keeping the Red Scare alive is an important enough aspect of demonizing socialist policies that Allen's big pitch is that all Communist conspiracies are actually the secret plan of international socialist bankers to destroy America and the Constitution to make way for a NEW WORLD ORDER.
Much of what now constitutes the disinformation strategies of modern right-wing politicians and media is inherent in this slim volume, and try not to feel too depressed when you discover that the tactics - as well as talking points - haven't changed in the fifty years since its publication. Allen spends a few chapters building up all of the straw man arguments needed to smooth over the holes in his logic.
At the core of Allen's producerism fever-dream is the real-life conspiracies that generally involve people with excessive money and/or power doing everything they can think of to amass more wealth/power, but that core is layered with thousands of imaginary lines drawn by Allen to illustrate a world where everything happening in history that he doesn't agree with is actually an intentional act on behalf of a global socialist New World Order conspiracy.
From a scholarly standpoint, the book is a mess. Allen purposely leaves out any information that contradicts his narrow world view, pulls numbers and supposed universal truths out of thin air with no supporting data, spends way too much time making up what he believes average people think without actually asking them, and repeatedly makes tenuous connections between things then immediately treats it as solid fact.
In the first chapter, Allen states that there are two schools of historian, those who think all historical events are random coincidences, and those who think all historical events are planned and orchestrated. This statement is absurd, but believing you only have two choices of how to examine history is the only way Allen has a chance of making you believe his version of the world is anything less than a paranoid delusion.
Picking apart even a few of the inconsistencies and inanities sprinkled throughout this book would take more time and space than I'm willing to commit, and if you're a Trump supporter or Alex Jones fan, you're not going to listen to reason anyway. I recommend this book only to fans of bizarre conspiracy theories, and those who actually believe in a global conspiracy of international socialist bankers, as those are the only two types of people that might derive any enjoyment from it.
The conspiracy, of course, involves socialism. Like most Republicans, Allen was a huge fan of the McCarthy era, and keeping the Red Scare alive is an important enough aspect of demonizing socialist policies that Allen's big pitch is that all Communist conspiracies are actually the secret plan of international socialist bankers to destroy America and the Constitution to make way for a NEW WORLD ORDER.
Much of what now constitutes the disinformation strategies of modern right-wing politicians and media is inherent in this slim volume, and try not to feel too depressed when you discover that the tactics - as well as talking points - haven't changed in the fifty years since its publication. Allen spends a few chapters building up all of the straw man arguments needed to smooth over the holes in his logic.
At the core of Allen's producerism fever-dream is the real-life conspiracies that generally involve people with excessive money and/or power doing everything they can think of to amass more wealth/power, but that core is layered with thousands of imaginary lines drawn by Allen to illustrate a world where everything happening in history that he doesn't agree with is actually an intentional act on behalf of a global socialist New World Order conspiracy.
From a scholarly standpoint, the book is a mess. Allen purposely leaves out any information that contradicts his narrow world view, pulls numbers and supposed universal truths out of thin air with no supporting data, spends way too much time making up what he believes average people think without actually asking them, and repeatedly makes tenuous connections between things then immediately treats it as solid fact.
In the first chapter, Allen states that there are two schools of historian, those who think all historical events are random coincidences, and those who think all historical events are planned and orchestrated. This statement is absurd, but believing you only have two choices of how to examine history is the only way Allen has a chance of making you believe his version of the world is anything less than a paranoid delusion.
Picking apart even a few of the inconsistencies and inanities sprinkled throughout this book would take more time and space than I'm willing to commit, and if you're a Trump supporter or Alex Jones fan, you're not going to listen to reason anyway. I recommend this book only to fans of bizarre conspiracy theories, and those who actually believe in a global conspiracy of international socialist bankers, as those are the only two types of people that might derive any enjoyment from it.
May 30, 2011
My favorite book on globalism. Elucidating.
May 27, 2023
Prescient!
The book was written in 1972 and feels like it was written tomorrow.
I knew almost all the stuff he mentioned, but I will still rate this highly.
Some notes for personal future reference.
The book was written in 1972 and feels like it was written tomorrow.
I knew almost all the stuff he mentioned, but I will still rate this highly.
Some notes for personal future reference.
In his 1350-page, 5 pound tome Tragedy and Hope, Dr. Quigley reveals the existence of the conspiratorial network which will be discussed in this book. The Professor is not merely formulating a theory, but revealing this network's existence from firsthand experience. He also makes it clear that it is only the network's secrecy and not their goals to which he objects.
Our problem is that most of us believe socialism is what the socialists want us to believe it is—a share-the-wealth program. That is the theory. But is that how it works? Let us examine the only Socialist countries—according to the Socialist definition of the word—extant in the world today. These are the Communist countries. The Communists themselves refer to these as Socialist countries, as in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Here in the reality of socialism you have a tiny oligarchical clique at the top, usually numbering no more than three percent of the total population, controlling the total wealth, total production and the very lives of the other ninety-seven percent. Certainly even the most naive observe that Mr. Brezhnev doesn't live like one of the poor peasants out on the great Russian steppes. But, according to socialist theory, he is supposed to do just that!
If one understands that socialism is not a share-the-wealth program, but is in reality a method to consolidate and control the wealth, then the seeming paradox of super-rich men promoting socialism becomes no paradox at all. Instead it becomes the logical, even the perfect tool of power-seeking megalomaniacs.
Liberals are willing to believe that these "robber barons" will fix prices, rig markets, establish monopolies, buy politicians, exploit employees and fire them the day before they are eligible for pensions, but they absolutely will not believe that these same men would want to rule the world or would use Communism as the striking edge of their conspiracy. When one discusses the machinations of these men, Liberals usually respond by saying, "But don't you think they mean well?"
James Martin - All Honorable Men, Little Brown Co., New York, 1950)
Since the Rockefellers have contracted to arrange for patents for the Soviets, they are by dictionary definition Communist agents. Would it not be more accurate to define the Communists as Rockefeller agents?
Indicative of this was a strange event which occurred in October of 1964. David Rockefeller, president of the Chase Manhattan Bank and chairman of the board of the Council on Foreign Relations, took a vacation in the Soviet Union. This is a peculiar place for the world's greatest "imperialist" to take his vacation since much of Communist propaganda deals with taking all of David's wealth away from him and distributing it to "the people." A few days after Rockefeller ended his "vacation" in the Kremlin, Nikita Khrushchev was recalled from a vacation at a Black Sea resort to learn that he had been fired. How strange! As far as the world knew, Khrushchev was the absolute dictator of the Soviet government and, more important, head of the Communist Party which runs the USSR. Who has the power to fire the man who was supposedly the absolute dictator? Did David Rockefeller journey to the Soviet Union to fire an employee? Obviously the position of premier in the Soviet Union is a figurehead with the true power residing elsewhere. Perhaps in New York.
The American middle class is being squeezed to death by a vise. (See Chart 9) In the streets we have avowed revolutionary groups such as the Students for a Democratic Society (which was started by the League for Industrial Democracy, a group with strong CFR ties), the Black Panthers, the Hippies, the Young Socialist Alliance. These groups chant that if we don't "change" America, we will lose it. "Change" is a word we hear over and over. By "change" these groups mean Socialism. Virtually all members of these groups sincerely believe that they are fighting the Establishment. In reality they are an indispensable ally of the Establishment in fastening Socialism on all of us. The naive radicals think that under Socialism the "people" will run everything. Actually, it will be a clique of Insiders in total control, consolidating and controlling all wealth. That is why these schoolboy Lenins and teenage Trotskys are allowed to roam free and are practically never arrested or prosecuted. They are protected. If the Establishment wanted the revolutionaries stopped, how long do you think they would be tolerated?
February 14, 2023
Typical book of the America liberal who thinks he's "conservative". He only sees individuals and claims that the world is controlled by a handful of individuals who want to get rich. But they are already rich, so I guess they want to become even richer and have absolutely no other goals whatsoever.
His political understanding is embarassing to say the least, but I guess it's very common in the libertarian wing of liberalism.
This book has the dubious distinction that it's making fun of his readers. It consistently claims that there are no coincidences in politics, and mocks those who believe in coincidences as "accidentalists". But he doesn't mention that the vast majority of the individuals involved in his conspiracy are Jews.
He talks about the conspiracy of the Federal Reserve and the financing of communism. The conspiracy is several Jewish banker (e.g. Rothschild, Schiff, Warburg, Meyer, Loeb), protected by Jewish organizations (e.g. ADL), supported by Jewish newspapers (e.g. NYT), who finance Jewish revolutionaries (e.g. Lenin, Trotsky) who use a Jewish ideology (communism invented by Moses Hess and Karl Marx) to take down a Christian government (and then slaughter millions of Christians). And he doesn't see any coincidence!
To show you I'm not cherry picking, I'll take a direct quote from the book: "Among the international financiers who contributed heavily to the Wilson campaign, in addition to those already named, were Jacob Schiff, Bernard Baruch, Henry Morgenthau, Thomas Fortune Ryan, and New York Times publisher Adolph Ochs." 4 out of these 5 men are Jews. What are the chances that 4 out of 5 conspirators are Jews knowing that Jews are only 2% of America's population? I'm afraid I don't have the math skills to calculate it but intuitively it's almost impossible to be due to chance alone.
Then the author even goes to complain that Jewish organizations defend the conspiracy: "Any individual or book exploring this subject is immediately attacked by hundreds of A.D.L. committees all over the country. The A.D.L. has never let truth or logic interfere with its highly professional smear jobs. When no evidence is apparent, the A.D.L., which staunchly opposed socalled "McCarthyism," accuses people of being "latent anti-Semites."". And he still doesn't see (or at least doesn't admit) that there's an ethnic group working as a collective! They are even telling you that being against the conspiracy is antisemitic, maybe you should just believe them? Why would ADL employees defend the rich banker individuals is never discussed.
That's what liberalism does to your brain: it destroys the natural instinctive ability to see patterns. What is infuriating is that the author keeps mocking the "accidentalists" while this book is the biggest masterpiece of accidentalism that has ever been written.
I'll give 2 stars because this book brings you at the entrance of the Jacob Schiff rabbit hole but then begs you to not go down in it.
His political understanding is embarassing to say the least, but I guess it's very common in the libertarian wing of liberalism.
This book has the dubious distinction that it's making fun of his readers. It consistently claims that there are no coincidences in politics, and mocks those who believe in coincidences as "accidentalists". But he doesn't mention that the vast majority of the individuals involved in his conspiracy are Jews.
He talks about the conspiracy of the Federal Reserve and the financing of communism. The conspiracy is several Jewish banker (e.g. Rothschild, Schiff, Warburg, Meyer, Loeb), protected by Jewish organizations (e.g. ADL), supported by Jewish newspapers (e.g. NYT), who finance Jewish revolutionaries (e.g. Lenin, Trotsky) who use a Jewish ideology (communism invented by Moses Hess and Karl Marx) to take down a Christian government (and then slaughter millions of Christians). And he doesn't see any coincidence!
To show you I'm not cherry picking, I'll take a direct quote from the book: "Among the international financiers who contributed heavily to the Wilson campaign, in addition to those already named, were Jacob Schiff, Bernard Baruch, Henry Morgenthau, Thomas Fortune Ryan, and New York Times publisher Adolph Ochs." 4 out of these 5 men are Jews. What are the chances that 4 out of 5 conspirators are Jews knowing that Jews are only 2% of America's population? I'm afraid I don't have the math skills to calculate it but intuitively it's almost impossible to be due to chance alone.
Then the author even goes to complain that Jewish organizations defend the conspiracy: "Any individual or book exploring this subject is immediately attacked by hundreds of A.D.L. committees all over the country. The A.D.L. has never let truth or logic interfere with its highly professional smear jobs. When no evidence is apparent, the A.D.L., which staunchly opposed socalled "McCarthyism," accuses people of being "latent anti-Semites."". And he still doesn't see (or at least doesn't admit) that there's an ethnic group working as a collective! They are even telling you that being against the conspiracy is antisemitic, maybe you should just believe them? Why would ADL employees defend the rich banker individuals is never discussed.
That's what liberalism does to your brain: it destroys the natural instinctive ability to see patterns. What is infuriating is that the author keeps mocking the "accidentalists" while this book is the biggest masterpiece of accidentalism that has ever been written.
I'll give 2 stars because this book brings you at the entrance of the Jacob Schiff rabbit hole but then begs you to not go down in it.
May 22, 2024
As far as political conspiracy goes this book is fairly solid. Assuming that all the research pans out when investigated it lays down a very convincing idea that our country has been on the march towards socialism for that last hundred some odd years.
The problem with this book is the fact that it was written 40 years ago. Unless you have a real strong grasp on what was going on in 1971 parts of it can quickly fly off the radar. But, if you have a decent understanding of where the world was at that time, it flows very well.
The surprising thing is how well the premise holds up even 40 years later. The suggestions of how the government will act to move their attempt at a one world government holds very true and the ability to see the line that distinguishes republicans and democrats dwindles just as the book points out. The time line the book lays out isn’t so reliable, but that is more nit-picking than anything else.
The kindle version of this book is riddled with typos, but it feels as if it were a conversion issue. Double L’s are replaced with U’s. Spaces and paragraphs start in odd places. And, e’s are commonly replaced with 9’s. But other than that it is written well and flows nicely.
I wouldn’t say it is an easy read as it is mostly about the history of political conspiracy and that just isn’t a light simple read. It does require some thought and lots of attention. This is a great book for those who are fascinated with politics, conspiracy, and revolution, but not such a great book for entertainment. I would suggest the introduction more than anything else. If you just want something to open your eyes to possibilities the best arguments are in the intro and that part is included in the free sample from Amazon.
The problem with this book is the fact that it was written 40 years ago. Unless you have a real strong grasp on what was going on in 1971 parts of it can quickly fly off the radar. But, if you have a decent understanding of where the world was at that time, it flows very well.
The surprising thing is how well the premise holds up even 40 years later. The suggestions of how the government will act to move their attempt at a one world government holds very true and the ability to see the line that distinguishes republicans and democrats dwindles just as the book points out. The time line the book lays out isn’t so reliable, but that is more nit-picking than anything else.
The kindle version of this book is riddled with typos, but it feels as if it were a conversion issue. Double L’s are replaced with U’s. Spaces and paragraphs start in odd places. And, e’s are commonly replaced with 9’s. But other than that it is written well and flows nicely.
I wouldn’t say it is an easy read as it is mostly about the history of political conspiracy and that just isn’t a light simple read. It does require some thought and lots of attention. This is a great book for those who are fascinated with politics, conspiracy, and revolution, but not such a great book for entertainment. I would suggest the introduction more than anything else. If you just want something to open your eyes to possibilities the best arguments are in the intro and that part is included in the free sample from Amazon.
October 24, 2010
The craziest thing about this nutty book, bible for the Birchers as it was, is that some people associated with today's Tea Party movement have notions to the right of Allen.
Read "None Dare Call It Conspriacy" first and then read:
by Richard Hofstadter.
You'll see what I mean.
Read "None Dare Call It Conspriacy" first and then read:
by Richard Hofstadter. You'll see what I mean.
December 16, 2011
"I wish that every citizen of every country in the free world and every slave behind the Iron Curtain might read this book."
Ezra Taft Benson, Secretary of Agriculture to President Eisenhower for 8 years
So I took the plunge and read it. So glad I did. It was only the beginning of opening my eyes to what's really going on. It is an quick read, you can get thru the entire book in a couple hours. But it is full of so much truth and documented facts that you simply can't deny what has happened to our nation.
SOCIALISM.
I was so passionate about its contents that I loaned the book out and never got it back LOL Oh well, so long as MORE people have a chance to read it!
Ezra Taft Benson, Secretary of Agriculture to President Eisenhower for 8 years
So I took the plunge and read it. So glad I did. It was only the beginning of opening my eyes to what's really going on. It is an quick read, you can get thru the entire book in a couple hours. But it is full of so much truth and documented facts that you simply can't deny what has happened to our nation.
SOCIALISM.
I was so passionate about its contents that I loaned the book out and never got it back LOL Oh well, so long as MORE people have a chance to read it!
May 19, 2019
I was forced to read this in high school. Even then, I could tell this was a fictional story written by a very disturbed person.
Remember: all good fiction is logical.
This book was not even good fiction.
Remember: all good fiction is logical.
This book was not even good fiction.
August 10, 2022
Шедевр правой риторики, подводящий итог 1960м: давно, конечно, надо было прочесть, но вот руки все никак не доходили. А из Гэри Аллена, меж тем, проросло много и в Пинчона, о чем мало кто нынче вспоминает. В частности - почти вся паранойя, как политико-финансовая, так и бытовая, и очень многие персонажи, по крайней мере - в "калифорнийских" романах. По крайней мере, метод рассуждений совершенно такой же, ну а "Радуга" положительно выглядит как набор иллюстраций к тому сценарию развития событий ХХ века, который описан здесь (но это уже материал для чьей-нибудь диссертации).
Но вообще, конечно, в пару этой книжке должна где-то существовать и левая конспирологическая теория истории. А то определение коммунизма как "заговорщического стремления править миром" как-то маловато будет. Риторика тут вообще мелковата и верхоглядска, как в любой пропагандистской брошюре. Хотя, конечно, сейчас, глядя на мир вокруг, нельзя не удивляться... Очень сво��временная книжка, короче, с ней несколько лучше видна работа нынешних "художников-пейзажистов".
По сути же видно, что чем правее и республиканскее в Штатах правительство, тем больше склонно оно к социализму - т.е. сосредоточению контроля и власти, личному обогащению правящей элиты, подачкам народонаселению и удушению демократических свобод, а не к тому, о чем вы сейчас подумали, потому что истинный социализм вас ебал во все дыры, а вовсе не придуман "для вас"; хотя на словах, понятно, самая ястребиная администрация может объявлять себя врагом социализма. Стенания нынешней русской "ваты" по ушедшему совку - то же самое рабское стремление к "сильной руке", при которой "порядок"; Штаты при этом на словах объявляются "пиндосами". На деле же титульный "заговор" - в том, что это две стороны одного доллара.
Ну а общий пафос Холодной войны вновь актуален, как ни странно: никаких отношений ни с ссср, ни с нынешней россией у цивилизованного мира быть не может. С другими полюсами многополярного мира можно договариваться, везде существуют понятия о чести и честной торговле. У русских же их никогда не было, нет и вряд ли будет, как показывает практика последних лет. Это изгои цивилизации, нация, систематически ставящая себя вне закона. Так, может, ну их нахуй уже и впрямь? Как ту ворону?
А что касается фактов и фактоидов, то полвека прошло, сейчас многое уже - общее знание, ну, или по крайней мере - вики-знание. Поэтому главное тут для нас - это манера подачи, выявляющая общую методологию и паттерны мышления, легшие в основу художественного метода Пинчона в той его части, которая "истерический реализм".
Но вообще, конечно, в пару этой книжке должна где-то существовать и левая конспирологическая теория истории. А то определение коммунизма как "заговорщического стремления править миром" как-то маловато будет. Риторика тут вообще мелковата и верхоглядска, как в любой пропагандистской брошюре. Хотя, конечно, сейчас, глядя на мир вокруг, нельзя не удивляться... Очень сво��временная книжка, короче, с ней несколько лучше видна работа нынешних "художников-пейзажистов".
По сути же видно, что чем правее и республиканскее в Штатах правительство, тем больше склонно оно к социализму - т.е. сосредоточению контроля и власти, личному обогащению правящей элиты, подачкам народонаселению и удушению демократических свобод, а не к тому, о чем вы сейчас подумали, потому что истинный социализм вас ебал во все дыры, а вовсе не придуман "для вас"; хотя на словах, понятно, самая ястребиная администрация может объявлять себя врагом социализма. Стенания нынешней русской "ваты" по ушедшему совку - то же самое рабское стремление к "сильной руке", при которой "порядок"; Штаты при этом на словах объявляются "пиндосами". На деле же титульный "заговор" - в том, что это две стороны одного доллара.
Ну а общий пафос Холодной войны вновь актуален, как ни странно: никаких отношений ни с ссср, ни с нынешней россией у цивилизованного мира быть не может. С другими полюсами многополярного мира можно договариваться, везде существуют понятия о чести и честной торговле. У русских же их никогда не было, нет и вряд ли будет, как показывает практика последних лет. Это изгои цивилизации, нация, систематически ставящая себя вне закона. Так, может, ну их нахуй уже и впрямь? Как ту ворону?
А что касается фактов и фактоидов, то полвека прошло, сейчас многое уже - общее знание, ну, или по крайней мере - вики-знание. Поэтому главное тут для нас - это манера подачи, выявляющая общую методологию и паттерны мышления, легшие в основу художественного метода Пинчона в той его части, которая "истерический реализм".
April 14, 2023
This was probably uncommon information when it was originally published, but at the moment it is basic for anyone that has an interest in the topic. He avoids the obvious root of the problem by towing the line and dismissing the overwhelming presence of Jews in subversive organizations.
September 25, 2020
Yes, it‘s yet another conspiracy theory book about New World Order. Written back in 1972. I gave it a shot and... I don‘t regret – it‘s really worth reading. It‘s not a dumb conspiracy theory book, it‘s a warning to people of USA of Nixonian era about REAL people and REAL organizations, but its warnings are still relevant today, and especially in 2020, before USA president elections. Despite the fact, that some chapters in this book are dedicated to tons of details of events and names of Nixonian era (why should I care about political games of USA 50 years ago though I‘m not a citizen of USA) still this book gives you the big picture of processes and movements behind events in international politics where USA (at least in 20th century) played the major role. But it‘s not only about USA and some generic conspiracy theory. It‘s about people, organizations and their deeds. The books is very specific. A lot of names that can be easily checked online even now. A lot of organizations that are still working right now. The conclusion of the book is not that democrats or republicans are good or bad... it‘s just wrong pattern to look at things for at least 100 years now. It‘s about people who are posing as conservatives or progressives but in the end they are working for the same people. The goal of the books is to explain to people, that they have to look at deeds of politicians, but not at their promisses, pre-election slogans or the name of the party they are representing; how to identify what one or another political solution or law really means. For example, gun control, welfare policies, graduates or progressive income taxes... people normally think that this is for good of the people...while it‘s completely opposite of that. Read the book and you will know why so called „simple people“ that fight for equality and against the Capitalists (take, for example, riots of ANTIFA or BLM in USA streets) are really fighting FOR interests of those who are called 1% (the Capitalists)… in other words they are just useful idiots (authors of the book called them “pawns”). Even though this book is 48 years old now, I had a sense of déjà vu while reading it… it's like someone already knew what will happen and, the most important - why it will happen.
November 18, 2022
My Dad was given this book by a neighbor that was a Bircher. He never read it. He was a moderate Republican, but not the country club type. Loved Archie Bunker. I never read it in my teen or college years but was greatly impacted by it when I was around 30. It led me down a radical right wing path that included anti-semitism etc that I had to work through.
I was not raised in Church but nobody was against that. When I started having kids I became a strong Christian and it dove tailed into the right wing stuff. I was mainly Libertarian and loved all the Reagan economics and smaller government ideas. I am an Econ major and liked the Austrian Economics School. Guys like Ludwig Von Mises.
Be careful with this kind of fringe stuff (None Dare Call It Conspiracy), it can lead you into some questionable pathways. It is good to know and understand these ideas but your thinking needs to evolve and you need to look at other viewpoints. Abraham was I think Jewish and this book is not an anti Semitic tract but it is pretty close in philosophy to some books that are.
If you want to see facts about how these ideas have lead to Hitler and Stalin mass murder take a look at Timothy Snyders books. In particular, Bloodlands.
I just got pretty apolitical during the Clinton years, things just got too intense and depressing.
One thing that has started eating at me is a year long JFK Assassination jag I've been on. I may need to back off that too. Seems pretty clear to me it was CIA shenanigans. Roger Stone even goes so far as to say it was LBJ ... and that makes more sense than the Warren Commission Report. Then you are pulled down an ugly path if not careful.
Try to keep your moral bearings is my advice.
I was not raised in Church but nobody was against that. When I started having kids I became a strong Christian and it dove tailed into the right wing stuff. I was mainly Libertarian and loved all the Reagan economics and smaller government ideas. I am an Econ major and liked the Austrian Economics School. Guys like Ludwig Von Mises.
Be careful with this kind of fringe stuff (None Dare Call It Conspiracy), it can lead you into some questionable pathways. It is good to know and understand these ideas but your thinking needs to evolve and you need to look at other viewpoints. Abraham was I think Jewish and this book is not an anti Semitic tract but it is pretty close in philosophy to some books that are.
If you want to see facts about how these ideas have lead to Hitler and Stalin mass murder take a look at Timothy Snyders books. In particular, Bloodlands.
I just got pretty apolitical during the Clinton years, things just got too intense and depressing.
One thing that has started eating at me is a year long JFK Assassination jag I've been on. I may need to back off that too. Seems pretty clear to me it was CIA shenanigans. Roger Stone even goes so far as to say it was LBJ ... and that makes more sense than the Warren Commission Report. Then you are pulled down an ugly path if not careful.
Try to keep your moral bearings is my advice.
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December 15, 2010
Wow... Just, wow!
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