Recently a person replied to one of my articles on read.cash and stated that it, and all 7 previous articles were conspiracy theories. The vile comment prompted this post. Sure, there are a lot of conspiracy theories out there in the digital world, but did you know that many conspiracy theories turned out to be the truth suppressed by the mass media and governments?

Of course, the unnamed person above did not follow the links I shared nor refute anything I wrote. In a nutshell, he said the Bible was a conspiracy theory, philosophy was a conspiracy theory, and more.

I'll share 4 alleged conspiracy theories today that turned out to be truthful. Fasten your seat belts and grab your popcorn. I may post another fascinating example of conspiracy theories that were actually true.

The US Government poisoned alcohol to discourage drinking

The U.S. government came down hard on booze from 1926 till 1933. Called Prohibition, the government banned the sale of alcoholic beverages to the public. The act was brought about by religious organizations and the Anti-Saloon League in an effort to bring about more law and order and reduce crime.

It did not work. Speakeasies (hidden bars and pubs) grew quickly and the police were hard pressed to shut down bootleggers who manufactured booze. A conspiracy theory arose stating that the US government poisoned alcohol to kill those who disobeyed the new law. People laughed and dismissed this. However, it turns out that the federal government did indeed poison booze which resulted in over 10,000 people dying (see Matt Brown link below).

The CIA used mind-altering hallucinogenic drugs to modify behavior

This conspiracy could not have been true, right? No government would ever permit this in a free society! Well, it turns out the CIA did indeed do this. It was called MK-Ultra. The spy agency used LSD and other drugs on volunteers and others without their permission. Some were left mentally disabled for life.

One of the volunteers was notable author Ken Kesey. He went on to write "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," an enlightening book well-worth reading, though you may have seen the film).

Tom Wolfe, author of "The Electric Acid Kool-Aid Test" was another volunteer of MK-Ultra. His book is a scathing but entirely true story of hallucinogens.

I've read both books twice. At any rate, the MK-Ultra program ran for over a decade before it was shut down (but many believe it is still operating on the cool).

A chemist by the name of Sidney Gottlieb was the chief architect of the devious experimentation. "Some of Gottlieb's experiments were covertly funded at universities and research centers, Kinzer says, while others were conducted in American prisons and in detention centers in Japan, Germany and the Philippines" (Gross, 2019). Mind control was the objective. Thus, it was the CIA who unwittingly introduced LSD into American culture. One wonders whether the CIA also introduced crack cocaine in the 1980s, too. Evidence appears to point out that they did begin the cocaine boom that continues today.

John Lennon was spied on

Another conspiracy theory that arose was that the US government was spying on famed Beatle, John Lennon. Again, in typical sheeple fashion, most people laughed it off as farcical. However, according to government documents, and as reported by NPR, the government was spying on Lennon (see "Uncovering" link).

"In 1971, shortly after Lennon went to New York on a visa and met up with radical anti-war activists, the FBI put Lennon under surveillance, and the Immigration and Naturalization Service tried to deport him a year later" (NPR).

Look around today and you will observe that mass surveillance is everywhere you turn. It's a fiendish plan to identify everyone on the planet. It's smack dab right out of George Orwell's classic novel, 1984 (another must read).

Canadian Gaydar

You read that correctly. Gaydar. Back in the 1960s, the Canadian government was quite concerned that homosexuals were invading the government and were a threat to the country. Consequently, the Canadian government sought to identify these alleged miscreants and hired an individual to invent a machine that would detect homosexuals, so the conspiracy theory went. Turns out it was actually true.

"...the fruit machine was created as an ostensibly scientific way to detect homosexuals, so they could be fired from their government jobs or pre-screened before being offered employment in the first place. This was during the Cold War, and the prevailing fear was that homosexuals would be at a greater risk of blackmail by Russian spies. They needed to be identified and removed, the thinking went, so they wouldn't reveal the nation's secrets" (Knegt, 2018).

According to Knegt (2018),"Men would be subjected to lewd images and photographs would be taken of their pupils in response to the various images. The thinking was that if one's pupils enlarged at the sight of a naked man, this would indicate same sex attraction" (Knegt, 2018).

Conclusion

There is a veritable plethora of conspiracy theories, a host of fake news media outlets, and a vast amount of propaganda in our world today. Don't be too quick to judge everything as true or false, but rightfully discern the truth through research. What our governments are hiding from us today (and for years) would shock you to your core.

References

Brown, M. (2020). Fact check: It's true, U.S. government poisoned some alcohol during Prohibition. USA Today. Retrieved from https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/06/30/fact-check-u-s-government-poisoned-some-alcohol-during-prohibition/3283701001/

Gross, T. (2019). The CIA's Secret Quest For Mind Control: Torture, LSD And A 'Poisoner In Chief'. NPR. Retrieved from https://www.npr.org/2019/09/09/758989641/the-cias-secret-quest-for-mind-control-torture-lsd-and-a-poisoner-in-chief

Knegt, P. (2018). "The Fruit Machine: Why every Canadian should learn about this country's 'gay purge.' CBC. Retrieved from https://www.cbc.ca/arts/the-fruit-machine-why-every-canadian-should-learn-about-this-country-s-gay-purge-1.4678718

"Uncovering the truth behind Lennon's FBI files. (2010). NPR. Retrieved from https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130401193