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Konspira-Faerseth

CONSPIRATION / It is with conspiracy theories as with all other theories: Either they are true or they are false – and this can only be clarified through investigations.




(THIS ARTICLE IS MACHINE TRANSLATED by Google from Norwegian)

'' Conspiracy theory 'is in the daily speech somewhat close to a curse word. Calling a claim for a conspiracy theory in practice means stamping it as junk, on the verge of the insane, or at least not something that should be taken seriously. ”
I can sign this. This is exactly how the term is used in the political struggle. If you disagree with or oppose a political point of view, instead of coming up with counter-arguments, you can choose to label it as a "conspiracy theory" and if you succeed, your opponent will be defined from the political vocabulary.
The words are not mine. They are in the book KonspiraNorge by John Færseth, published by Humanist Forlag in 2013. And if there is a man in the Norwegian public who is an expert in using the term in this way, it is the same Færseth, most recently in a recent outcome against the editor of Ny Time, Truls Lie. Færseth is even used by the media as an "expert on conspiracy theories", precisely because of his book.

Fersseth's method. I had to read KonspiraNorge, to study Færseth's method, and see if he had any points. The problem is that he has no method. One would think that before one starts talking about conspiracy theories, one should get some clarity on what a conspiracy / conspiracy is, and preferably also discuss some real ones. Then one had a background to distinguish between real and imagined conspiracies.
Færseth admits that there have been conspiracies in the real world, but he mostly tries to sicken and criminalize anyone who says that there are secret and dishonest games among various power agencies that are well hidden from the public. Criticism of NATO's wars in the Balkans is rife with the belief in extraterrestrial teleportation, space jokes and the Illuminati.
Instead of giving us a serious opportunity to distinguish between real conspiracies and fantasy, Færseth makes an attempt to stamp out almost any criticism of the rulers' manipulations as a psychological deviation. Of course, there are spinnville performances and imagined conspiracies. But one real conspiracy can be more dangerous than 100 fantasy fetuses combined.

Example 1: The episode in the Gulf of Tonkin. A story was issued by the US Supreme Command that the North Vietnamese Navy had attacked the United States Navy vessels in international waters in 1964. This led President Lyndon B. Johnson to go on television, declaring that the United States would strike back against North Vietnam.
The US Naval Institute writes on its website that "leading government spokespeople distorted facts and brought American opinion to the light," leading to the United States' full participation in the Vietnam War. As is well known, this conspiracy against the public led to the loss of nearly four million lives and horrific destruction.

Example 2: "The War on Terror". Since George W. Bush declared the "war on terror" in 2001, the world has been in a continuous war where the war scene has shifted from Afghanistan and Iraq to Libya, Ukraine, Yemen and Syria. All of these wars have been motivated by false, sometimes tear-jerking stories that have been designed to "just affect people's feelings and attitudes," as it is in the United States. manual for psychological warfare, so that they would be positively attuned to the war. One of the most famous, or infamous, was Colin Powell's speech at the UN in 2003, in which he made direct propaganda lies about Iraq's nonexistent weapons of mass destruction.

Example 3: The deep state. "Ola Tunander has for many years been a Norwegian advocate for the existence of a" deep state ", that is, hidden networks and structures that can operate across the law. Among other things, he believes that there are hidden networks linking US intelligence to the intelligence and military systems in allied and neutral countries that are ready to carry out destabilization operations or even coups if elected governments cross the boundaries set for them, »writes Faerseth.
Comment: Former CIA agent Philip Geraldi published in 2015 the book The Deep State, where he shows specifically what this deep state is and how it works. Anyone who has doubts can follow the game between the intelligence services, the neocons and the media after the election in the United States and enjoy a deep state of war with themselves.
When it comes to the US's secret interference with other states' affairs, civil and military networks and the preparation and implementation of the coup, the US documentation itself is so overwhelming that it has little intention to refute Færseth's petitesse. Let me just mention one of the classic examples – the coup against Mossadegh in Iran in 1953. In 2013, the CIA even announced that they were the ones behind it. So then the conspiracy theory is confirmed once and for all. Guardian

Example 4: September 11. Færseth uses a lot of space on September 11, and stamps all who are critical of the official version of the Bush administration. I do not intend to go into all that matter, which would be a life work I do not have time for. But I would like to mention building 7, which Færseth writes about:
"The nearby WTC7 building fell seven hours later, without being hit by either the planes or the towers. It must have been destroyed by the authorities, and thus the towers must have been. Since building, among others, the house CIA, the authorities did this to hide tracks!
Buildings do not need to be hit directly by aircraft or falling steel structures to be destroyed. An earthquake effect is so severe when huge amounts of steel degrade in the ground at high speed a few tens of meters away, that the beams can be weakened. Subsequent investigations have shown that WTC7 was also hit by bits of the neighboring tower. The load capacity was further weakened by prolonged fires fed by the building's many oil tanks for emergency units, including the CIA's need for power outages. ”
Comment: Building 7 is the only thing in known history that has fallen down this way, with no proven external cause. This is a puzzle that no engineers have been able to solve. One must believe in the official story, as Færseth obviously does. But one must try to live with others being critical, without making diagnoses. While on the move, Færseth uses his stamp not only on Truls Lie, but on SV's Berit Ås and NTNU researcher Trond Andresen.

Example 5: Organ trafficking. “Allegations of organized organ theft on a large scale – which is not the same as poor people, for example, selling kidneys to finance a better future for themselves and the family – have been popping up on a regular basis over the last 20-30 years. Most often these are stories from poor countries or from war zones, where one or both parties are accused of killing prisoners of war to steal their bodies, which so far has not been able to find a single proof of where the allegations have been has thus been investigated. 'So writes Færseth. Interpol, on the other hand, is of a slightly different view. On their websites they write:
«Trafficking in humans for the purpose of using their organs, in particular kidneys, is a rapidly growing field of criminal activity. In many countries, waiting lists for transplants are very long, and criminals have seized this opportunity to exploit the desperation of patients and potential donors. The health of victims, even their lives, is at risk as operations may be carried out in clandestine conditions with no medical follow-up. » Interpol

Why didn't Interpol ask Færseth? After all, he knows that this is impossible and that there is no single proof that this business is going on.
The Islamic State announced a fatwa in 2015 that said it was permissible to remove an organ from a prisoner, even if the prisoner were to die, if it could save a Muslim's life. (Reuter). See also the following report published in The Independent.

Examinations. But if you choose to believe in KonspiraFærseth, you do not even need to investigate such cases. Incredibly practical, and useful for power. Færseth's use of the conspiracy stamp has a peculiar ability to cover the criminal activity of the CIA, the US State Department and other powerful forces, beating any critic in the cornerstones of crony candidates. But it is, as Noam Chomsky once said, with conspiracy theories as with all other theories: Either they are true, or they are false – and this can only be clarified through investigations.

See also Class Fight 5.8.
og Truls Lie's statement on Facebook with links to the debate

Pål Steigan
Pål Steigan
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