A unified master-conspiracy narrative absorbs mutually hostile groups like communists and Nazis

Evidence

Cooper claimed that together with a dizzying array of other secret societies and front organizations—including the Knights of Columbus, the Jesuits, the Masons, the Communist Party, the Nazi Party, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Vatican, and Skull and Bones—the Illuminati and the Bilderbergers “all work toward the same ultimate goal, a New World Order.” When the conspirators feel ready, their minions in the federal government will swoop down on “patriots,” probably on a national holiday, and incarcerate them in detention centers run by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, removing the last sources of resistance. — Michael Barkun, A Culture of Conspiracy, 327

Categorization

• XREF: The master-conspiracy trope where opposing groups secretly cooperate echoes the earlier New World Order material from this book’s prior chapters and Umberto Eco’s ur-fascism essay list. — connects to: Specific claims are subordinate to a superordinate conspiracy narrative — Sander van der Linden, Foolproof: Why Misinformation Infects…, 195

Broader Connections

• Specific claims are subordinate to a superordinate conspiracy narrative #expands (0.88) — Sander van der Linden, Foolproof, 195