I am confounded that I—one of the <2% of Cornell’s faculty who are openly
right of center—am trying to warn the rest of my colleagues that they are
being duped by the evil corporations in collusion with Big Government—the
definition of fascism. Too much acid in middle school for this boy I guess.
Despite my growing doubts that I may never penetrate the layers of the
onion where truth resides, my resolve that has strengthened over the last
couple of years is that when something of importance seems off or confusing,
your default position should be that somebody in a position of power is
conspiring. Why? Because that is what people in power do. It is in their DNA.
They wake up every morning pondering how many baby harp seals they can
bludgeon that day. Give me any topic—a keyword even—and I can serve up
an alternative model that will not be told on CNN. My training as a parent tells
me those demons are scheming. So, indeed, I am a conspiracy theorist. If you
are not one, ignorance is bliss. Hang on to those lovely thoughts. Those who
always default to incompetence as the explanation appear not to be under
the spell of the little green gremlins who crawl out of my cell phone and
molest me while I sleep.

https://t.co/S1TIpIxcsN (two parts, VERY LONG, available as pdfs)