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Pale Horse Rider

William Cooper, the Rise of Conspiracy, and the Fall of Trust in America

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Pale Horse Rider

Auteur(s): Mark Jacobson
Narrateur(s): Ray Porter
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 We are living in a time of unprecedented distrust in America...

Faith in the government is at an all-time low, and political groups on both sides of the aisle are able to tout preposterous conspiracy theories as gospel, without much opposition. “Fake news” is the order of the day. This book is about a man to whom all of it points, the greatest conspiracist of this generation and a man you may not have heard of.

A former U.S. naval intelligence worker, Milton William Cooper published his manifesto Behold a Pale Horse in 1991. Since then it has gone on to sell hundreds of thousands of copies, becoming the number-one bestseller in the American prison system. According to Behold a Pale Horse, JFK was assassinated—because he was about to reveal that extraterrestrials were about to take over the earth—by his driver, an alien himself; AIDS is a government conspiracy to decrease the population of blacks, Hispanics, and homosexuals; and the Illuminati are secretly involved with the U.S. government to manage relationships with extraterrestrials. Cooper died in a shootout with Apache County police in 2001, one month after September 11, in the year in which he had predicted catastrophe.

In Pale Horse Rider, journalist Mark Jacobson not only tells the story of Cooper’s fascinating life but also provides the social and political context for American paranoia. Indeed, with the present NSA situation and countless other shadowy government dealings often in the news, aren’t we right to suspect that things may not be as they seem? Art et littérature Auteurs Culture populaire Escrocs, canulars et tromperies Sciences sociales True Crime Études des médias Gouvernement

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Praise for Pale Horse Rider:
“Mark Jacobson belongs to that great bloodline of New York street writers from Stephen Crane to A. J. Liebling through Jimmy Breslin and Pete Hamill and now to himself and very few others.”—Richard Price

“Whether you implicitly believe conspiracy theories or consider them the ultimate threat to responsible citizenship, here's a fact that's neither alternative nor deniable—Pale Horse Rider is one of the most important books you'll ever read.”—Jeff Guinn, author of Manson and The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple

“I've always heard that we may not get all the answers to what's really going on behind the curtain on this planet until we die, but I believe that maybe everything that's going on behind the scenes is really happening right under our noses in the form of conspiracy theories. Even if you don't believe them to be the truth, they are very entertaining and make for good reads, and Pale Horse Rider is no exception!!”—Charlamagne Tha God

“Through hip-hop in the early 90s I first learned of William Cooper and his book, Behold a Pale Horse. Countless rap songs from then to now referenced it and made the Illuminati a well-known conspiracy theory in hoods coast to coast. Mark Jacobson’s Pale Horse Rider peels the onion and lays it all out for us. His personal discussions with Wu-Tang Clan's Ol' Dirty Bastard and Mobb Deep's Prodigy about Cooper’s work before they passed away makes this book a must-read!”—Fab 5 Freddy
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This book is a fascinating biography of a fascinating man, brilliantly written, but the subtitle writes a cheque that the text doesn't cash. While this is undoubtedly the definitive account of the life of Bill Cooper, there is not much focus at all on his role in the rise of conspiracy culture. The way Jacobson writes, you get the impression that he was a rather marginal figure who happened to have one really big hit.

I also think that there are large stretches of the book that are pretty irresponsibly written. Jacobson seems to take it for granted that the reader will know when what Cooper is saying is a lie, but so much of the book is dedicated to how much of Cooper's appeal was that he was frequently correct. The long stretches where Cooper is simply quoted, without commentary, almost recall Cooper's own profoundly questionable decision to republish the Protocols of the Elders of Zion despite believing it to be fakery.

I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who is casually interested in 90's conspiracy culture and the early days of the truther movement, but if you're looking for deeper insight into the sociology of conspiracy, then this isn't what you're looking for.

A great biography, but not much point

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