Why People Conspire: The "Mine" Theory

By Dean Hartwell

To understand why members of our government and other powerful interests have committed acts of murder and assassination, one must understand how humans typically act.  From a young age, children repeat a certain word to settle arguments: "Mine!"

After childhood, we use more sophisticated words about more valuable items but with the same purpose.  Inevitably, other people threaten our rights to property by claiming it as their own, stealing it or borrowing it for a longer period of time than we allow.  Whether a store cashier overcharges us by $2.00 or someone breaks into our house and takes property, we want what is ours.  Sometimes we sue or even use physical force, depending upon the extremity of the situation.

Those involved in conspiratorial conduct such as what took place on 9/11 have possessions they are willing to protect.  These possessions take the form of investments (at home and overseas), contracts, money, the belief in financial stability and personal connections to those in government.

Of course, the government is not a monolithic unit.  There are not only different levels - such as federal, state and local - but also divisions within each level, including different political parties or agencies.  Conspirators group with like-minded people and likely first keep secrets from those in other cliques or establishments.

A change in policy makes the conspirators anxious.  If, for example, the President decides not to pursue a war in which conspirators have investments or plan to make money selling arms (to both sides, if practical), they may start to panic because they think THEIR MONEY is at stake.  Like children saying "Mine!", conspirators decided to murder President Kennedy once he made known his desire to remove troops from Viet Nam.

With a motive of pursuing war to maintain property, they put together a number of plans to kill JFK and settled upon Dallas because the key elements (an easy man to frame, a look-alike Oswald to confuse witnesses, etc.) were well in place when it came time to decide.

When events like 9/11 and the JFK assassination happen, we don't immediately think of a conspiracy.  People reacted to 9/11 with shock and were too busy to use rational thinking to consider what really happened.  Part of this reaction is because the conspirators act quickly to form what becomes known as the "official theory."

For instance, in 9/11, one of the conspirators, Mohammad Atta, left a bag which had, among other things, a list of the "participants" in the attacks, for the FBI to distribute.  Never mind some of the names are clearly bogus - the quick publication of names is what most people still remember.  Just at this time when we do not think clearly, most people acted as sheep and followed the leaders by waving the United States flag, saying "God Bless America," and going along with the Patriot Act.

There was no scrutiny by anyone whom the public would take seriously.  No one wants to speak up if it means being unpopular and the reason the conspirators keep conspiring is because they know the gullible public will let them get "mine" again.

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