To Breathe Together: Essence of solving Mysteries

When you want to talk about conspiracy theories, the best way is to start from the top; like the way these theories have a single defining mystery, the course for concern, the very existence of this defining trait of human cultural discourse also has its own root explaining its great significance in out cultural mind set.

The word ‘conspiracy’ and to an extend its root ‘conspire’ has its etymology to the Latin compound word ‘Conspirare’ which is derived from the words ‘Con’ which means ‘Together With’ and ‘spirare’ which means ‘Breathe’. The literal translation of these two Latin Words meshed together means ‘to breath together’, but in more precise form to discuss together, or more importantly to agree together on a form of action, or in this case, plotting together.

Like the core meaning of the word plot, the basis of the conspiracy is that a group of people try to conspire with one another to execute a plan that may be benevolent or evil against a corrupt or just opposition in secret. While the civil, and criminal and political definition of this concept is posited as inherently negative in impact, it’s undeniable that without it the course of history would be very different.

 The revolutions of the world that brought upon great social change in democracies all started out as conspiracies, a pact among socially conscious men against their despots. Inversely there are also those who conspire for their own selfish needs and not care at best or nihilistically crave at worst, for chaos and suffering that might be endured by the volatile change incurred through conspiracies.  

Even the act of unmasking conspiracies would shake a society from its calm centre, uprooting long held beliefs and shaking the faith of the society on the stability of their surroundings. These things, weather it comes to fruition, thwarted or simplifying lingering in the social consciousness of the massed public, have an intrinsic impact on civilized society and how we as individuals see ourselves in the world as a whole.

Conspiracy theories are a form of investigative function into the hidden secrets and mysteries surrounding conspiracies; its true nature as a struggle for good or evil, it’s intricate cause and if it should be championed or stopped for the good of all. Detractors of course would point out by floating these theories around the consciousness of the people is detrimental, they view that it could engender the “Mean World Syndrome”, where the uncultured notion that the world is full of evil simply based on the understanding cultivated in them through others’ opinions and depiction of our world in the media.

History of course is written by the victors, and if it is our duty to expose any evil plot that may be behind a great disaster such as the disappearance of MH370, then we should do it calmly and collectively to ensure that the actual truths can be ingested safely by the public at large. Political scandals like ‘Watergate’ proves that sometimes it is better to seek out the truth for the good benefit of the public then let the conspiracy run rampant in the shadows.

References:

1. “Cultivation Theory by George Gerbner” ” in the book,  “A First Look at Communication Theory” by Em Grifin [McGraw-Hill, 2012]
2. Ku Seman Ku Hussein  (ARKIB : 06/04/2014).

“CIA dan teori konspirasi hilangnya MH370”. Retrieved 30 April, 2014, from

http://www.utusan.com.my/utusan/Rencana/20140406/re_03/CIA-dan-teori-konspirasi-hilangnya-MH370

3. History of United States of America at Wikipedia.org,
1. Specifically the American Revolutionary War,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War

2. Specifically the American Civil War, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_civil_war
3. Specifically the Watergate Scandal,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watergate_scandal

4. Meaning of Revolution at Wikipedia.org, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolution.
5. Meaning of Conspiracy in Civil, Crime, Political terms at Wikipedia.org,
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conspiracy_(civil)
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conspiracy_(criminal)
3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_conspiracies_(political)
6. Meaning of Conspiracy at Wikipedia.org,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conspiracy_theory

7. Meaning and etymology of Conspiracy and Conspire, though Google.com Search tools.