Jack, it is disingenuous on your part to quote a mere fragment of an earlier statement of mine to prove that I supposedly believe in something you WANT me to believe in so that I can be "wrong"...when I subsquently said other things in much greater detail to clarify what I believe, and which indicate that I do NOT believe in what you want me to believe in (so that I can be "wrong").

No, I do not believe in a great overriding world conspiracy to control everything. Nor do I believe in an American conspiracy to control everything. I believe we have a system based on selfishness, fear, greed, aggression, criminality, hypocrisy, short-range profit for a few, and long range losses for many. It is a system that sows the seeds of its own demise. Yes, a lazy and ignorant public are part of the problem.