Comment on A monolithic and ruthless conspiracy: What was John F. Kennedy referring to?

• ehpolitical@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Makes sense, I was too young to remember most of it. Still, does his description not strike you as resembling what we see happening in the U.S. today?

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  • adespoton@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    I disagreed with it at the time and do again now… there’s no grand conspiracy; people are just depressingly predictable in how they respond to economic and cultural pressures. Some people recognize the trends and attempt to ride them or even control them (or stop them), but with a few notable exceptions, history tends to just roll on regardless — which can look to some as if there must be some cabal of puppet masters calling the shots.

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    • ehpolitical@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Sorry, do you mean you disagreed with what JFK was saying, that you didn’t believe him?

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      • adespoton@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        I believe his observations were mostly correct, but wouldn’t tie it as closely to a “group” as he did.

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• DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  There were people that assumed he meant Jews, but they were always going to think he meant that.

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