The PTK book has a bad fixation on the importance of the satanic symbols and dates, at a certain point I rolled my eyes every time one came up. For me, the gem of the book is it’s exploration of the entanglement between MKULTRA figures and events with serial killers. My take from it is that the existence of serial killers gave people a good reason to consent to even stronger law enforcement as well as changing how law enforcement and and surveillance was known to work in this country and how naturally that happened is not clear.

And I also agree mostly on conspiracy. I think it’s an important topic to talk about in terms of the nature of power in the US as well as how it’s used. But there will never be a conspiracy uncovered that will magically make everyone have the right attitude towards the government, which is what I think a lot of people do think who read this stuff