Cracked.com: 6 Insane Conspiracy Theories Hiding Behind Non-Profit Groups
Not a day goes by that you won’t hear an ad or message from some well-meaning group called the “Council for (insert good cause here)” or “Concerned Citizens for (whatever) or “The _______ Committee for Responsible ________.” They sound like charity groups, and they’re always advocating for some kind of common-sense cause, from stopping littering to quitting smoking.
It all seems like the kind of thing only a total dick would complain about. And that’s the idea; behind many of them are big-money interests trying to hijack your goodwill for their own, usually greedy, purposes.
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