Without using the dictionary or ask anyone, what does the word conspiracy meant to you when you hear it? I am doing a research surrounding conspiracy and I just want to know how people perceive this word when they hear it.
Thank you so much. :3
Without using the dictionary or ask anyone, what does the word conspiracy meant to you when you hear it? I am doing a research surrounding conspiracy and I just want to know how people perceive this word when they hear it.
Thank you so much. :3
"spir-" means to breathe. "Con-" means together. That is all it means: breathe together.
Breath, wind, spirit beings, ideas, thoughts, plans, all are rolled together into two memes: spir- and gen-
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Any time two or more people share ideas, that is a conspiracy. ("Idea" is different. Idea means "one's own".)
To me the word “conspiracy” means a plot to do something wrong, evil, illegal, or bad by powerful actors. When coupled with the word “theory” it is a term weaponized by the CIA beginning in 1967 to dismiss exposures of crimes that were really committed by the government.