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| | *Various claims regarding the [[income tax]], including the [[ratification]] process of the [[Sixteenth Amendment]]. The legitimacy of the [[Federal Reserve]] and the [[IRS]] are questioned by these people, and most favor a return to the [[gold standard]]. | | *Various claims regarding the [[income tax]], including the [[ratification]] process of the [[Sixteenth Amendment]]. The legitimacy of the [[Federal Reserve]] and the [[IRS]] are questioned by these people, and most favor a return to the [[gold standard]]. |
| | *A supposed part-human, part-reptile (or part-alien) bloodline with politically- and financially-powerful members. Former British [[soccer]] player [[David Icke]] promotes these theories.<ref>http://www.davidicke.com/</ref> | | *A supposed part-human, part-reptile (or part-alien) bloodline with politically- and financially-powerful members. Former British [[soccer]] player [[David Icke]] promotes these theories.<ref>http://www.davidicke.com/</ref> |
| | + | *People associated with the [[Clinton]]'s wind-up dead, Clinton Body Count conspiracy. <ref>[http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Clinton+body+count&aq=f&oq=&aqi=g5 Google Search Clinton Body Count]</ref> |
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| | ==Common elements of Conspiracy Theories== | | ==Common elements of Conspiracy Theories== |
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| | * Time is running out, and we must act immediately to avoid disaster. | | * Time is running out, and we must act immediately to avoid disaster. |
| | <ref>[http://newint.org/features/2004/10/01/conspiracism/ "ZOG Ate My Brains", again]</ref> | | <ref>[http://newint.org/features/2004/10/01/conspiracism/ "ZOG Ate My Brains", again]</ref> |
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| | Conspiracy theories provide an important element of certainty in a world that seems random and perverse. Believing that a small, evil group controls everything is actually more reassuring to some minds than believing [[Coincidence theory|things just happen by random circumstance]]. Often it can be entertaining, and many [[documentaries]] and [[TV|TV specials]] have been produced about conspiracy theories. | | Conspiracy theories provide an important element of certainty in a world that seems random and perverse. Believing that a small, evil group controls everything is actually more reassuring to some minds than believing [[Coincidence theory|things just happen by random circumstance]]. Often it can be entertaining, and many [[documentaries]] and [[TV|TV specials]] have been produced about conspiracy theories. |