The Conmen: Behold a Pale Horse pp. 81-85
There is almost too much to cover here because Cooper has found his zone. He's jumping between regions, people, and theories; but to his credit, he seems to be confining himself to one time period. I'll do a quick debunking rundown and then into the deep dive. We left off last week with a discussion of 1776. The Declaration, the Illuminati, and the Wealth of Nations were all created. It's a coincidence, so let's move on with our lives. He then claims the usual symbolism of the Great Seal of the United States. Symbol hunts are for conspiracy theorists what egg hunts are for children, only that the latter don't lose their ability to reason once they've found their egg. Lots of conspiracy theorists talk about the eye of providence on the dollar bill as being proof of the Illuminati; it's not, the eye is a Masonic symbol. The Illuminati's symbol was the owl of Athena. Cooper dips a second toe into the Jesus Bloodline conspiracy theory, but this time names...