Comment on A monolithic and ruthless conspiracy: What was John F. Kennedy referring to?

• ehpolitical@lemmy.ca ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  He makes reference to it, but also speaks of some kind of opposition from “around the world” that was working to “expanding its sphere of influence”. He also described this thing as operating in secret, not out in the open. Was Russia operating secretly? (I don’t know much about the Cold War.)

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  • adespoton@lemmy.ca ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    For those of us who lived through it, what he said was blatantly obvious at the time.

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    • ehpolitical@lemmy.ca ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Makes sense, I was too young to remember most of it. Still, does his description not strike you as resembling what we see happening in the U.S. today?

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      • adespoton@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        I disagreed with it at the time and do again now… there’s no grand conspiracy; people are just depressingly predictable in how they respond to economic and cultural pressures. Some people recognize the trends and attempt to ride them or even control them (or stop them), but with a few notable exceptions, history tends to just roll on regardless — which can look to some as if there must be some cabal of puppet masters calling the shots.

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    • DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      There were people that assumed he meant Jews, but they were always going to think he meant that.

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  • diphthong@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Yes they were operating in secret. There are many examples of their infiltration, such as the Cambridge Five.

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    • ehpolitical@lemmy.ca ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Ok, I didn’t know that. I was too young still to remember most of it.

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