Conspiracy theory has its place in trying to understand the injustices of the world, but systems theory offers explanations as to why large-scale deception can be carried out without detection.
Systems theory is the theory of systems. A system is a whole that is composed of a number of parts in an ordered manner. The whole has properties that exceed the sum of the properties of the individual parts, and the individual parts are characterized by the way they fit into the whole. Systems theory is therefore a holistic theory, just as evidence-based holistic theory is systems theory.
Conspiracy theory is the theory of conspiracy, usually in the sense of a secret conspiracy with evil intentions, e.g. to manipulate people into agreeing to something they do not really want.
Conspiracy theory is also a form of theory of crime, as you can be convicted of conspiracy to commit murder, for example. This last fact proves that conspiracies are real and that some conspiracy theories can be proven beyond reasonable doubt.
Conspiracy is not enough
If deception is to be implemented on a larger scale in society, conspiracy is not enough. Large-scale deception requires a large system that can be manipulated through one or more secret conspiracies and purposes. There can be a system of conspiracies that affects the rest of the system, which itself is not directly driven by conspiracies. In other words, a system within the system.
Systems theory makes it possible to analyze and understand how conspiracies can be realized. Once the basic conspiracy with the fundamental deception is in place, it has consequences all the way around the system without the individual actors in the system being aware of the conspiracy and deception.
The world can be seen as a large system made up of smaller systems. In a world based on material values like the current one, the economic system is probably the most fundamental and powerful subsystem of them all. And within the economic system, the most fundamental and powerful subsystem is probably the monetary system, administered by the global network of central banks.
The monetary system influences all other systems through economic incentives. It’s not rocket science. If one choice makes money and another choice costs money, most people will choose the one that makes money. If one choice offers far more money than another choice, most people will choose the one that offers far more money. If one choice costs significantly more money than another choice, most people will opt out of the one that costs significantly more money.
People are trained like dogs
The financial incentives can then be linked to accompanying demands and expectations based on the logic: If you accept this money, you have to do this and that. It can also be negative: If you accept this money, you must not do this or that. In this way, training humans is not significantly different from training dogs. The difference is that humans need money, while dogs prefer treats.
After the economic system, it’s probably the social system that has the most power in society. Probably the most powerful social system is the authority system. When people have to make a choice, they can choose to either investigate everything themselves or believe in an authority. When it comes to complex choices, most people choose to believe in an authority because it’s the easy option and reduces the risk of being ostracized by the social group if the social group believes in the same authority.
After the social system, the media system is probably the most powerful in society. The most powerful media are those that have both the greatest distribution of information and the greatest perceived authority among the recipients. The media conveys the narratives of the authorities that hold power in society.
Both the social system and the media system are influenced by the economic system through incentives.
Hierarchical and circular systems
There are both hierarchical and circular systems at play and in interaction. In a hierarchical system, those at the top of the power hierarchy decide over those at the bottom. In a circular system, power from above is maintained and confirmed.
A circular authority system is based on authorities gaining their authority by obeying other authorities at the same level in the authoritarian power hierarchy. That a specific authority is right is confirmed in the system by the other authorities in the circular system having the same opinion. In this way, the authorities confirm and support each other’s authority in a circular system without anyone daring to question anything, as they would lose their authority and fall further down the power hierarchy.
If I am roughly correct in this description, then for a conspiracy to be effective, it must take place partly in the economic system and partly at the top of the social hierarchy of authority. It is therefore important to analyze and understand the demands and expectations that come with the funding of e.g. states (run by governments), research (which creates authorities) and media (which creates and pushes the power-carrying narratives to the people). States are funded by central banks (and by the people through taxes), research is increasingly funded by foundations with special interests and the media in Denmark is funded by the state with the associated demands and expectations of so-called public service, which has gradually been reduced to untrustworthy propaganda and mindless entertainment that could never, ever, engage in the kind of independent critical thinking that I have tried to convey to you in this post.
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