mortimer's review against another edition
1.0
This book has aged really quite poorly in the face of the fall of the soviet union. This, like other conspiracy theories, has a kernel of truth in it, in that the hyper wealthy are trying to consolidate power, but it misdirects the reader away from the actual systemic injustice built into capitalist society using communism as a scapegoat. The logic is not sound, the arguments substanceless, and all couched in dramatic "they don't want you to know this!" type language- Despite the fact that it is literally endorsed by a United States congressman, who wrote the introduction. The authors cannot decide between using appeals to authority or playing off the average person's (rightful) distrust of the government. Ultimately, I am not worried about this book. I don't think it's convincing or up to date enough to convince anyone whose mind wasn't already made up. While it certainly isn't worth the pulp it was printed on, I think it's pretty interesting from a sociological standpoint, as a study in conspiracy theories serving as propaganda to ultimately reinforce the status quo.
livesinthetub's review against another edition
4.0
book #26 of 2022: None Dare Call It Conspiracy (pub. 1972) by American conservative writer Gary Allen. after years and years of reading, I feel like I’m finally getting an education. this author explains how a small group of financiers, “insiders”, have, over time, slowly wrested financial and political power and freedom from people all over the world, though the book focuses specifically on the US. explaining how: the federal reserve is a scam, these financiers have funded both sides of wars, every rise and the fall in the stock market has been carefully orchestrated, revolutionary groups that try to fight the power play into their hands by giving them an excuse to tighten their grip to keep the peace, and these “insiders” have slowly, methodically plotted to consolidate the governance of every country into a single new world order (sound familiar?) and yes, that includes China and Russia. fifty years later, this book is extremely relevant in detailing how these “insiders” created the system and have worked the system to slowly wrest the power from…you. the author provides a list of 14 points that indicate enslavement (see the notes). he also provides 4 steps for how to buck the system: unfortunately, these are from a time before elections were wholesale rigged. however, the rest of the book is crucial reading, to understand history and our current situation.
free ebook: https://resist.com/Onlinebooks/None_Dare_Call_It_Conspiracy.pdf
free ebook: https://resist.com/Onlinebooks/None_Dare_Call_It_Conspiracy.pdf
mnhm47's review against another edition
1.0
My first review.
To whom it may concern- I am a woke person.
I think I know who's going to read it, so let me tell you -
I would tell you the whole truth one-on-one.
But right now I really want to speak in the most convincing and engaging way with you :)
Don't read it, or, if you already did, consider erasing it from your operating system.
Yes, a conspiracy exists. Perhaps not one but many..
But books like this one are not the solution to any problem except total boredom.
Similarities can be drawn towards "Behold a pale horse" or Mark Passio's works in general.
It is biased for one, it lacks the fundamental aspects of proper argument, let alone a convincing one. IT IS CALCULATED TO EXPLOIT A LOW CLASS, UNEDUCATED PEOPLE SUCH AS THOSE WHO LIVE IN THE U.S.A. IT FIGURED OUT YOUR WEAKNESS AS A SOCIETY. And I don't mean it in a sympathic way. Try to reason, try to find the middle ground. Learn the inner truth before you decide to remain political as you were all your life.
Fear mongering is the sad reality of USA citizens.
Watch "Bowling for Columbine".
-""I wish that every citizen of every country in the free world and every slave behind the Iron Curtain might read this book."" -Said Ezra Taft Benson.
Well, it all depends on which side of the iron curtain we talking about here. Most do not know that the iron curtain was drawn by the west civilization, by England.
It is so absurd to hear the kind of stuff like in this book, coming from a country who deals a war every decade or so. Who has proof of having affiliation with all those thieves and criminals.
IT'S IN THE BOOK, FOR GOODNESS' SAKE.
THAT'S WHAT THE BOOK ABOUT!
I mean, it is very america-centristic. You don't hear them unveiling a conspiracy centralized in the middle of Africa, do you now?..
All while USSR immediately started its way to electrify the biggest land on the planet, went to build more free-education universities than ever, and made an illiterate populous the most reading society in the whole world. Among other things like saving the world in WWII, raising women rights, abolishing religion, and introducing the world to the 8-hour workday.
In conclusion; Socialism may not be "unavoidable", or natural for that matter.
But it is the fact we look through the very prism of such terminology like "Natural law" that is essential here. Not as a tool of stamp or seal to brand some topic, but as the very much initial position. And I believe I just disproved the very essence of this book.
To whom it may concern- I am a woke person.
I think I know who's going to read it, so let me tell you -
I would tell you the whole truth one-on-one.
But right now I really want to speak in the most convincing and engaging way with you :)
Don't read it, or, if you already did, consider erasing it from your operating system.
Yes, a conspiracy exists. Perhaps not one but many..
But books like this one are not the solution to any problem except total boredom.
Similarities can be drawn towards "Behold a pale horse" or Mark Passio's works in general.
It is biased for one, it lacks the fundamental aspects of proper argument, let alone a convincing one. IT IS CALCULATED TO EXPLOIT A LOW CLASS, UNEDUCATED PEOPLE SUCH AS THOSE WHO LIVE IN THE U.S.A. IT FIGURED OUT YOUR WEAKNESS AS A SOCIETY. And I don't mean it in a sympathic way. Try to reason, try to find the middle ground. Learn the inner truth before you decide to remain political as you were all your life.
Fear mongering is the sad reality of USA citizens.
Watch "Bowling for Columbine".
-""I wish that every citizen of every country in the free world and every slave behind the Iron Curtain might read this book."" -Said Ezra Taft Benson.
Well, it all depends on which side of the iron curtain we talking about here. Most do not know that the iron curtain was drawn by the west civilization, by England.
It is so absurd to hear the kind of stuff like in this book, coming from a country who deals a war every decade or so. Who has proof of having affiliation with all those thieves and criminals.
IT'S IN THE BOOK, FOR GOODNESS' SAKE.
THAT'S WHAT THE BOOK ABOUT!
I mean, it is very america-centristic. You don't hear them unveiling a conspiracy centralized in the middle of Africa, do you now?..
All while USSR immediately started its way to electrify the biggest land on the planet, went to build more free-education universities than ever, and made an illiterate populous the most reading society in the whole world. Among other things like saving the world in WWII, raising women rights, abolishing religion, and introducing the world to the 8-hour workday.
In conclusion; Socialism may not be "unavoidable", or natural for that matter.
But it is the fact we look through the very prism of such terminology like "Natural law" that is essential here. Not as a tool of stamp or seal to brand some topic, but as the very much initial position. And I believe I just disproved the very essence of this book.
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