American conspiracy theories: Sometimes things aren’t always as they seem, especially when we are talking about conspiracy theories. Conspiracy theories are used as an explanatory hypothesis that a group puts forward, basically stating that an organization or certain group of people are secretly behind, or have manipulated certain events that have occurred throughout history.
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These theories can arise when people are unsatisfied with the stories that the news is telling. Questions can begin to rise, and this is when theorists might start to believe that what they are being told are only half-truths and begin to seek answers on their own. Conspiracy theorists can find reason and explanation in the most minute of details. While some theories may seem quite far-fetched, when explained and broken down, they can become more and more plausible when told over time.
The least we can say when talking about conspiracy theories, that while some may be a touch over-the-top, they can tell quite compelling stories. And who knows – maybe some of them do hold a grain of truth? Regardless, one of the best things we can consider when it comes to conspiracy theories is that they keep us curious and critical – they get us to keep questioning the world around us. Here are 10 conspiracy theories that stem from the good ol’ United States of America.
10. JFK Assassination
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There has been so much controversy and debate that surrounded President Kennedy’s assassination that we are not even sure which conspiracy theory to cover. The one thing that we know for sure was that John F. Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963. As the history books go, he was struck by two bullets – one in the head, one in the neck – while riding in an opened-top car through Dealey Plaza in Dallas. The believed assassin? Lee Harvey Oswald. It is stated that Oswald carried out the assassination of JFK from the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository. Oswald alone was convicted of the crime but many have argued that there must have been a second shooter. Of all the theories, the “Single Bullet Theory” or what theorists later renamed “magic bullet” is what is most hotly debated.
The investigators looking into the JFK case posit that one single bullet entered into JFK’s upper back, exited out his throat and then hit Connally, who was seated in the front seat of the car, breaking his rib and shattering his wrist and then finally came to a stop once it hit his thigh. Many theorists have argued that this is completely impossible and thus the theory that Oswald could not have been working alone was born.
So, who was the second shooter? While some theorists have argued that it was the CIA, others have pointed fingers at the mafia, The KGB and The Illuminati.
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