[Citation Needed]. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
It is interesting that people still think it is acceptable to call people crazy for claiming US government agencies are complicit in corruption.
>people are half a second between 'that's absurd, they're not doing that,' and 'of course it's always been that way.'
In 1994, X-Files Season 1 Ep. 17 introduced the Lone Gunmen, a group of conspiracy theorists:
>"The characters, who were used to help Mulder appear more credible"
If you watch the episode, one of the main 'batshit insane'conspiracy theories they put forward was that the government is recording everyone's phone calls--then Scully rolls her eyes and Mulder appears skeptical.
You have to admit, it is kind of crazy...
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