I do not take 'conspiracy Theories"
too seriously. However, this is not because I don't believe that
(either well intentioned or ill intentioned) people get
together to help each other in realising certain tasks which
they feel important. Clearly, many people (including myself) do
work, or have worked, with others in order to achieve certain
aims.
In this context one must perhaps be careful of double standards:
It is apparently considered perfectly normal and healthy that
various governmental and economic groups (NATO, G8, G20, etc.)
come together to define and coordinate their strategies. However,
similar meetings by those who oppose us by peaceful or violent
means are often seen in a completely different way.
So how are we to deal with those who oppose us?
We can use direct means, such as military force, legal force or
even powerful propaganda -but perhaps there are more subtle
methods: A poet (Robbie Burns)
is supposed to have written "The best laid plans o' mice and men oft
gang astray".
I'm not saying that there is an
evil conspiracy working against us. I'm merely exploring,
theoretically, the ways in which those with evil intent might be
able to manipulate us without us being to much aware of it.
Surely, if one understands what could be happening, then one is
better able to look to see how much is actually happening.
Project Machiavelli is an exploration of a possible "dark" side to
the image presented to us of the world we live in. How much might
the chaos and suffering in the world be inherent in human nature,
its pride and its folly -and how much might it be part of an
organised system designed to keep the "demos" in its place while
providing unlimited opportunities for those in power?