"CONSPIRACY" THEORIES ARE REAL In Psywar by Scott Noble, political analyst Michael Parenti challenges one of the most effective shields protecting those at the top of society: the phrase “conspiracy theory”. Parenti argues that the label arises when someone attributes conscious intent to elites. We readily accept that workers organise for higher wages and better working conditions. We understand that corporations lobby for subsidies and favourable policies. Yet suggest that billionaires, financiers, and political dynasties deliberately act to defend and expand their power, and it is dismissed as paranoia or a conspiracy theory. His argument is simple. Systems do not run themselves. There is no imperialism without imperialists. There is no capitalism without capitalists. Power is exercised by individuals who calculate, collaborate and protect their interests. The idea that those who dominate the global economy simply drift through history without strategy is, he suggests, the real fiction. Recent events make his point difficult to ignore. The exposure of the network surrounding Jeffrey Epstein revealed how billionaires, politicians, royalty and media figures moved within the same circles, meeting, funding, socialising and in some cases shielding one another. The scandal did not create elite collusion. It exposed how routine it can be. Parenti is not claiming that every event is secretly scripted. He is reminding us that power organises. It meets in boardrooms, foundations, think tanks and private gatherings. Recognising that reality is not conspiratorial. It is an acknowledgement of how influence actually operates. The question then is not whether power coordinates. It is who benefits from that coordination, and who bears the cost. @VoxUmmah @venanalysis @qiaocollective @ProgIntl @KawsachunNews @OrinocoTribune @blkagendareport @SoberaniaPod