An interesting examination of how conspiracy theories appear, spread, and metastasize—not unlike tumors. That’s because instead of being laser-focused on solving the climate change problem, some people may actually be focusing on the concept of a freaking space laser.

You’ve got one of the most popular antisemitic books of the 1800s, this book I’d never heard of, The Original Mr. Speaking of silent majorities: I asked every member of House Republican leadership whether or not they believe, as Greene has speculated, that the 2018 Camp Fire might have been caused by powerful Jewish interests shooting an energy beam from space, or if such comments were appropriate. Due to the early nature of the technology, a diversity of opinion exists in the scientific, industrial, and defense communities regarding whether current laser and related technologies can support a constellation of space-laser weapons that would be effective and affordable.And their heirs are still out there, still working in banking, finance, art, literature, and philanthropy. Ms Greene tried to brush off the topic, instead pushing her own talking points about Hamas’ attack on Israel, the criminal charges against January 6 Capitol rioters, and her new book. The Rothschild mystique walks alongside a Rothschild conspiracy theory industry that is, unfortunately, tied to some of the most violent spasms of antisemitism of the last two centuries. The strange tale of how one Jewish family—the Rothschilds—became a lightning rod for conspiracy theories over the course of the last 2 centuries. So for me, this idea that we’re gonna ban the ADL and, like, suddenly Twitter will be free… It’s not about the ADL or Twitter.

I was saying on Twitter the other day that I think it’s probably only a matter of time before Musk gives some sort of endorsement of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion. suggested that wildfires may have been caused by a space laser under the control of the Rothschild banking family.Members of the Rothschild banking dynasty spent much of the 19th century and a smidgen of the 20th at the forefront of the world’s finances. A recurring theme of this book is just how much antisemitic propaganda is just plagiarized from earlier antisemitic writings.