The thing about the article is that it is all about a conspiracy theory, in particular, crisis actors. The theory revolves around the fact that government agencies purposely hire people to hyperbolize the evils that are being done to the U.S. For example, the theory would go with the idea that ISIS is not actually a terrorist organization, and that it did not really kill people. Conspiracists would say that ISIS was created by the government.
Furthermore, the author says that he is trying to prevent us from becoming patsies like the other people influenced by the governments, but there is one huge flaw in that logic. First, we have to be able to believe in the fact that the government are hiring people to make others feel more patriotic. Only people who believe in the conspiracy theory and still believe in everything the government says are the only patsies. The author is trying to prevent us from becoming weak and succumbing to the government, but in doing so, he is calling the reader as weak (since most people who would read this type of article would believe in the conspiracy themselves).
Although the author does have some flaws in his logic, there are some interesting points that he does make. He takes examples from films and such, and inserts them into his article to fortify his argument. Although he does speak of the theory, he also connects it to global and national crises. I find this interesting because he is saying that the government’s use of crisis actors could bring exactly what the government does not want to occur. I find that very interesting, in how what we do can turn around and bite us when we are not looking, and how their little actions can cause a whole mess.
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