American Madness

The mainstream news media struggles to understand the power of social media while conspiracy advocates, malicious political movements, and even foreign governments have long understood how to harness the power of fear and the fear of power into lucrative outlets for outrage and money. But what happens when the harbingers of “inside knowledge” go too far?

Author Tea Krulos tells the story of one man, Richard McCaslin, who’s fractured thinking made him the ideal consumer of even the most arcane of conspiracy theories. Acting on the daily rants of Alex Jones and his ilk, McCaslin takes matters into his own hands to stop the unseen powers behind the world’s disasters who congregate at conspiracy world’s Mecca- The Bohemian Grove. It all goes wrong with terrible consequences for the man who styled himself-The Phantom Patriot.

McCaslin is not alone, as conspiracy-driven political action has bubbled its way up from the margins of society to the White House. It’s no longer a lone deranged kook convinced of getting secret messages from a cereal box, now its slick videos and well-funded outrage campaigns ready to peddle the latest innuendos and lies in hopes of harnessing the chaos for political gain. What is the long term effect on people who believe these barely believable stories? Who benefits, and who pays the price?

Krulos investigates and explains the power of conspiracy and the resulting shared madness on the American psyche.

Mass-media de presa se lupta sa inteleaga puterea retelelor sociale, in timp ce sustinatorii conspiratiei, miscarile politice rauvoitoare si chiar guvernele straine au inteles de mult cum sa valorifice puterea fricii si frica de putere in puncte de lucru profitabile pentru ultraj si bani. Dar ce se intampla atunci cand intelegatorii „cunoasterii interioare” merg prea departe? Autorul Tea Krulos spune povestea unui singur om, Richard McCaslin, care a gandit fracturat l-a facut consumatorul ideal chiar si al celor mai arcane teorii ale conspiratiei.