No he isn't. He rather says that in some way, we all bear the weight of responsibility, but he also does say there are bad actors behind the scenes that steer and manipulate as well.
And yet in his reply to the Breggins' same formal complaint he's backing off his apparent 'blaming the victim' stance and says "[N]or did I claim there was no conspiracy."
I need to catch up on some things... Hope we continue this debate - it's evolving.
Yes. Desmet is essentially placing the blame on people for being fooled, which absolves the miscreants.
No he isn't. He rather says that in some way, we all bear the weight of responsibility, but he also does say there are bad actors behind the scenes that steer and manipulate as well.
And yet in his reply to the Breggins' same formal complaint he's backing off his apparent 'blaming the victim' stance and says "[N]or did I claim there was no conspiracy."
I need to catch up on some things... Hope we continue this debate - it's evolving.
Bingo! Desmet's program is to dehumanize us to that he then can say it was all our fault and there was no orchestration.
Not at all, actually.