#24 The conspiracy Conspiracy:
Buwahaaahaaa! Little do they know; the real master plan involves sowing panic, fear and confusion among the Moonbats by promoting lunatic conspiracy theories.
It's a hell of a lot cheaper than a jackboot gestapo and unlike, say, a nuclear strike, it preserves our real estate and other capital assets.
In all seriousness, lurid conspiracy theories can be (and are in fact) a very successful component of our "black" propaganda.
The objective is to appeal to the vanity of idiotarians, always an easy task, while planting the seeds of doubt, fear, dissension, and confusion.
A good (if somewhat simplified) example would be a claim that Rovian forces have introduced some new kind of mind-control technology. This appeals to the individual Moonbat's elitist vanity, confirming its place on the cutting edge by virtue of knowing what others do not. However, upon reflection, it can also cause the Moonbat to doubt its own sanity.
Similarly, criticism of fellow radicals for various inconsistencies and shortcomings can be seen as ideologically rigorous, appealing to pseudo-Maoist elements in particular, but it will inevitably sow dissension and resentment.
It is always possible to raise suspicion that a devoted radical may in fact be a COINTELPRO plant or wing-nut troll. The target may resist this successfully, but the stain will linger. Accusation, the act of denunciation, has a hypnotic appeal for radicals, probably for its associations with absolute power, and they will not easily give one up once it is made.
Stories of unvincibly sinister assassination squads and flawlessly concealed disappearances appeal to leftist egoes, helping them to identify with glamorous Latin American revolutionaries and Hollywood rebels. If seriously believed or even seriously suspected, though, they have the same effect as actual assassinations and disappearances; paranoia, suspicion, and intimidation.
Finally, as I just intimated, conspiracy theories attribute real power to the conspirators. Totalitarian sympathizers ultimately fear and respect nothing else. A steady diet of conspiracy will embed the power of their enemies firmly into the leftist worldview, with an obvious potential for generating conflict and divided loyalty.
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