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Historical Blindness

The Illuminati Illuminated, Part One: The Order's Origins

Historical Blindness

Nathaniel Lloyd

Politics, News, Religion & Spirituality, History, Religion

4839 Ratings

🗓️ 15 September 2020

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

A contemplation of the modern conservative conspiracy theory of a "deep state" leads me back to the dawn of modern conspiracy theory, the Enlightenment, when the ultimate conservative conspiracy theory was born as an explanation of the French Revolution: the Illuminati!  Get a 30-day free trial of Audible with a free audiobook AND support this show by visiting http://www.audibletrial.com/historicalblindness Some background music on the episode is copyright Alex Kish. Contact Alex at AlexKishMusic.com to license music for your own project. Other background tracks, including "Wake Up," "Remedy for Melancholy," "Delirium," "Laburnum," and "Marée," are by Kai Engel, licensed under an International Creative Commons Attribution license (CC BY 4.0).    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:04.3

On this season of Bad Watchdog, we unpack the project on government oversight's exclusive investigations

0:11.0

uncovering the abuse of people in the Department of Homeland Security's immigration detention.

0:16.2

And how another threat has infiltrated the agency's own ranks.

0:22.2

It only takes one insider to undermine federal law enforcement attempts to go after crime.

0:27.9

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0:28.8

Listen and subscribe to Bad Watchdog Season 2 wherever you get your podcast, starting June 20th.

0:34.9

What does Sputnik have to do with student loans?

0:37.8

How did a set of trembling hands end the Soviet Union?

0:41.8

How did inflation kill moon bases?

0:44.4

And how did a former president decide to run for a second non-consecutive term?

0:49.4

These are among the topics we deal with on the My History Can Beat Up Your Politics Podcast.

0:54.0

We tell stories of history that relate to today's news events. the topics we deal with on the My History Can Beat Up Your Politics Podcast.

0:58.3

We tell stories of history that relate to today's news events.

0:59.2

Give a listen.

1:02.9

My History Can Beat Up Your Politics wherever you get podcasts.

1:10.4

Four years ago, when Donald Trump was campaigning for the office of President of the United States, he ran on the

1:12.1

idea that as an outsider, he was best suited to clean up corruption in government.

1:19.1

And he complained that because of this, all the forces of establishment politics were

1:24.9

arrayed against him. While this may have been true during the Republican

1:29.6

primaries, it certainly was no longer the truth following his nomination, after which his party

1:36.1

fell in line behind him, as if he'd always been their first choice. Politics as usual. However,

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