History on Nixon that I didn't know
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WaterGate was the original "Gate" in the sense its used now. The entire thing was a hoax, a way to get rid of a president they lost control of.
There was a recent series I listened to (cant remember who did the research) where they uncovered that the "smoking gun" was not really anything, it was just how it was spun, and Nixon not only had no knowledge of the break in (this was pretty much understood by the researchers even from the beginning), but was not even involved in the coverup (which is what most people believed he was guilty of).
I’ve started looking at every “-gate” as a guarded barbican of a wall of information that needs to be breached to advance in the information war.
The power of the system is practically overwhelming. Anyone can be demonized, charges and evidence fabricated and spun to look like full guilt. It is amazing how this has become the monstrosity that it is. Any single one of us could be railroaded out of existence. The reality of this is devastating when it sinks in. Heroes and villains created out of thin air for the entertainment of the masses. God help us all.