Are you a pessimist, realist, or conspiracy theorist?

If you hear anyone prattling on about illuminati, global banking cartels, or ‘the powers that be’ (TPTB), don’t immediately dismiss them as loons; see them for what they are… unabashed, doey-eyed, naïve, optimists.

You see, they’ve recognized the historical trends, seen the flaws in human society, and recoiled at the horrors of man’s inhumanity to man, and what they’ve done is put on their rose coloured glasses and attributed all the ills of the world to a faceless evil entity. Those with supernatural leanings will blame the devil, or malignant gods. But our friends who populate the internet's more interesting forums are way too practical for that.

So replace demons with a more flesh and blood cabal of sociopathic puppeteers, and in this way, they can go on seeing their friends, neighbours, and really anyone they encounter in real life, as good natured, altruistic examples of human goodness. Real life people who do wrong must have been mutated or corrupted by the evil system slash plan that TPTB have put into place.

Dig into a conversation with any conspiracy theorist or doomer, and you’ll find that they are really a utopian. They’re just waiting for the global catastrophe to wipe out the evil puppet masters, so the survivors (always including themselves) can start over in a lovely commune of sharing, environmentally sustainable, perfection. At least, it will be after they shoot anyone who doesn't agree.

The idea that both corporations and governments are made up of millions of moving parts (that's my polite euphemism for nasty, fallible, selfish humans), and billions of small decisions, which have a cumulitive effect over a long period of time., ...well, it's all too complex for some people to grasp.