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Tam Lin

Conspiracy Theory

con·spir·a·cy the·o·ry

kənˈspirəsē/ ˈTHēərē/

noun (archaic)

Twentieth-century term used extensively by large criminal enterprises, corrupt governments, and their complicit homogeneous media. The term was commonly used as a means of falsely denying that large criminal enterprises and corrupt governments can and explicitly do keep secrets of illegal activities as a matter of course.

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