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Tinfoil Hat Not Included: Conspiracy Theories in Art and Practice
Since the advent of Donald Trump's presidency, conspiracy theories have gone mainstream. However, lost among the arguments between the left and the right about which group of people is screwing them over, is the plain fact that some conspiracies are real and accepted. So why are conspiracy theories treated differently from other sorts of theories? Is it necessary to pretend that the Reagan administration never traded arms for hostages, or that the FBI wasn't attacking Black leaders under COINTELPRO, in order to avoid the "tinfoil hat" label? Why would it be necessary for labels at all? Are the often ridiculous assertions put forth by QANON believers characteristic of everyone who disagrees with the party line?
TINFOIL HAT NOT INCLUDED attempts to rationally unpack what is meant by conspiracy, why conspiracy theorists are worse than other sorts of theorists, and whether all of this isn't simply the criminalization of dissent. After all, if the colonists hadn't believed that King George had been conspiring against them, we likely wouldn't have the United States.
TINFOIL HAT NOT INCLUDED attempts to rationally unpack what is meant by conspiracy, why conspiracy theorists are worse than other sorts of theorists, and whether all of this isn't simply the criminalization of dissent. After all, if the colonists hadn't believed that King George had been conspiring against them, we likely wouldn't have the United States.
166 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 15, 2022
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September 9, 2026
A lot of what this book covered is now common knowledge and part of the American cultural understanding so nothing about it was particularly relevatory.
I found myself largely agree with with the text and there were some interesting back links and author recommendations that have influenced my next round of book purchases. That to me is a major win.
The authors opinion of himself comes through as subtext in the tone of the writing.
The last half of the book turned into a weird movie review. Given that as you guys know I have a 3100 movie collection spanning well over 100 years, I've seen first had the effects of what he talks about (government involvement) in media throughout the generations and therefore found now value in that part and just skipped it.
Overall the book is what I thought it would be, good floss between larger text but unlike the idea of up/down politics explain in The Corbett Report ‘a Reportage or the concept of city-states as women by Terry Wolfe in Riding the beasr (which is so memorable because of how much he was able to build on that throughout the book) nothing significant was revealed, discussed, or conceptualized in this book. Which honestly isn't a problem because not every book needs to be a ThoughtBoi big think master piece of writing some people are just speaking their mind and for the 15$ or so bucks I spent for this I'm content to have listened. I class this in quality with Latin American red pill by Fergus Hodgson.

I found myself largely agree with with the text and there were some interesting back links and author recommendations that have influenced my next round of book purchases. That to me is a major win.
The authors opinion of himself comes through as subtext in the tone of the writing.
The last half of the book turned into a weird movie review. Given that as you guys know I have a 3100 movie collection spanning well over 100 years, I've seen first had the effects of what he talks about (government involvement) in media throughout the generations and therefore found now value in that part and just skipped it.
Overall the book is what I thought it would be, good floss between larger text but unlike the idea of up/down politics explain in The Corbett Report ‘a Reportage or the concept of city-states as women by Terry Wolfe in Riding the beasr (which is so memorable because of how much he was able to build on that throughout the book) nothing significant was revealed, discussed, or conceptualized in this book. Which honestly isn't a problem because not every book needs to be a ThoughtBoi big think master piece of writing some people are just speaking their mind and for the 15$ or so bucks I spent for this I'm content to have listened. I class this in quality with Latin American red pill by Fergus Hodgson.

November 18, 2022
An essential short Primer to our times
Having read some of Mr Green’s books I was anxious to read this short book . I was not disappointed. Please if you are interested in a guide to current events and how to perceive them pick up this book . Thank you Mr Green for your guide .
Having read some of Mr Green’s books I was anxious to read this short book . I was not disappointed. Please if you are interested in a guide to current events and how to perceive them pick up this book . Thank you Mr Green for your guide .
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