Conspiracy theories & cults
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Look in my eyes
What do you see?
The cult of personality.
—Living Colour
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There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.
—Isaac Asimov
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I'm not saying that conspiracy theorists are crazy. I'm just saying that if they had a conspiracy theory about me, I'd be crazy not to be a little worried.
—Unknown
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I used to believe in conspiracy theories, but now I think the government is just too incompetent to pull them off.
—Unknown
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Politics is the conspiracy of the unproductive but organized against the productive but unorganized.
—Joseph Sobran
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One easy way to figure out if you’re in a cult: If you’re wondering whether you’re in a cult, the answer is yes.
—Stephen Colbert
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Rasta don't work for no C.I.A.
—Bob Marley
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