Conspire this!

The top five political conspiracies of the “modern era” in my opinion are as follows:
NUMBER ONE: JFK | without dispute, I believe the number one political conspiracy is the legendary incredulity surrounding the assassination of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy. In my opinion, the aforementioned conspiracy has fostered debate that is more scholarly, research and sheer mystery than any other in our thus far abbreviated national history.

Conspiracy Backgrounder: Refusing to believe traditional theories and conjectures about the assassination of JFK provided by the Warren Commission, hundreds of thousands of American citizens have embraced the idea that the former president was assassinated by the Secret Service because of his “radically progressive ideas.” The aforementioned conspiracy dictates that items such as Kennedy being permitted to ride in an open-air vehicle, the communications breakdown that ensued the tragedy, photographs that appear to have been professionally doctored and a skull that perhaps does not physiologically match that of the victim, are all indicators of a significant government concealment.

Number Two: MOON | While perhaps not political, the second greatest conspiracy is inevitably, whether the United States actually landed a rather combustible structure on the surface of the moon. Like the former conspiracy, this particular one involves the alleged doctoring of photos. Come on, can a flag wave on the surface of a celestial body devoid of atmosphere? Theorists cast aspersion on the legitimacy of lunar photographs that appear to have misplaced and inaccurate “cross marks” where the highly advanced cameras utilized in the endeavor would have captured the images. Of further note, is the similarity with which the Nevada desert resembles the lunar surface. While the significance or fervency around this theory have steadily diminished with the passage of time, it may be impossible to ever know whether this “out of the world” theory merits further skepticism or whether we should resign to the inevitable pride that resulted from the mission and avoid additional investigation on the matter.

Number Three: September 11, 2001 | definitely one of the more recent conspiracies to emerge, and maybe among the more sensitive to discuss, the attacks on 9/11 have been widely attributed to perpetrators other than Al-Qaeda terrorists. Theorists have stated that reviewing footage of a planned building implosion say, in Las Vegas, is identical to the explosion that flattened both 110-story buildings of the World Trade Center complex. Citing architect Minoru Yamasaki, the primary architect of the structures, theorists underscore that the complex was designed to withstand a direct contact with planes of comparable proportion. Mere jet fuel, these individuals state, could not have toppled the structures. The same experts cite the previous warning the government had received regarding the attacks-and their aligned lack of action thereon. The conspiracy-mongering citizens also point to the political capital and blanket political authority that was the resultant product of the attack as underpinnings for a governmental conspiracy.

Number Four: Lack of Marijuana Legality | Politicians often discredit the conspiracy rooted in this matter, because after all, how much legitimacy are bong-toking citizens afforded in America? Nonetheless, I find it a salient conspiracy theory rooted in unsound and minimally studied policies. Many who smoke marijuana or who are for its legalization, citing the lack of “underground” demand that they concomitantly believe will reduce gang presence and cartel-related homicides, believe that the government largely rendered their decision to outlaw marijuana based on the few voices of conservative, Christian influences. Further, these conspiracy theorists believe that government could legally tax the product much like cigarettes and that the benefits from doing so would be holistic. Sound research, not moral imperative is the modus operandi of the group valiantly fighting for this cause.

Number Five: Hurricane Katrina | this particular matter, while widely observed by a large audience, still has significant contributors. The theory alleges that the United States government intentionally and consciously avoided the amelioration of Hurricane-stricken areas because of the disproportionately African-American demographic of the affected communities. Theorists allege that attempt after rescue attempt, the lack of celerity with which aid arrived and solutions were delivered, among other items were evidential of Kanye West’s infamous line “George W. Bush does not care about black people.”

Corey Scott-Vincent-William Dutra