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From the days of Spartacus-Weishaupt to those of Karl Marx, and down to Trotsky (Russia), Bela Kun (Hungary), Rosa Luxembourg (Germany), and Emma Goldman (United States), this world-wide conspiracy for the overthrow of civilization and for the reconstitution of society on the basis of arrested development, of envious malevolence, and impossible equality, has been steadily growing.The concept of conspiracy frightens some people, so much so that they are willing to overlook any and all evidence that world events are for the most part directed, rather than chaotic and coincidental. For those who are uneducated and unaware, explanations for the terrible tides of politics and war generally revolve around a false understanding of Occam's razor. They argue that the theory states that the "simplest explanation" is usually the correct one for any particular problem or crisis. But Occam's razor actually states that the simplest explanation according to the evidence at hand is usually the correct answer for any given problem. That is to say, the simplest explanation must conform to the evidence, or it is likely not correct.
It played, as a modern writer, Mrs. Webster, has so ably shown, a definitely recognizable part in the tragedy of the French Revolution. It has been the mainspring of every subversive movement during the Nineteenth Century; and now at last this band of extraordinary personalities from the underworld of the great cities of Europe and America have gripped the Russian people by the hair of their heads and have become practically the undisputed masters of that enormous empire."
- Winston Churchill, February 1920, in an article that appeared in the Illustrated Sunday Herald
Comment: The world conspiracy described here is one that is 'out of this realm', because it is beyond the ken of humans (or psychopaths, especially psychopaths) to control, direct or manage.
Putin's statements can in no way be taken to imply "avid support" for the IMF. What if he makes plain-pudding - "boring", even - statements about restructuring international finance because he knows you can't 'upset the markets' or you'll make too many enemies too fast and torpedo your efforts to bring about a fairer system in which the power of oligarchs everywhere is reined in, at least a bit?
Sorry, world conspiracy theorists, but that is the best that can be hoped for in this world.