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    You may have heard of false flags in the news or media over the past few years. Every election, every debate, every threat, the false flags get worse and more common. These false flags go deeper though than just “placing the blame”, they have been the cause of countless attacks. False flags are an attack that one party makes with the intention of blaming the enemy or opponent. When looking back in history, some of the first examples of false flags go back to pirates. When pirate ships would be preparing for attacks, sometimes a country would put the flag of one of their enemy’s allies to trick them into getting closer. This betrayal was a very common thing in this era and led to many bloody battles and feuds. 

    

    Obviously now, pirates are not as common as they were back then, therefore the meaning of false flags has changed a little bit. The three main “eras of false flags” are: the piracy era, the warfare era, and the political era. These three periods of history have all used the term in different ways to help sabotage and manipulate those around them. When analyzing the “piracy era” it’s fascinating to think about how simple it was to trick these pirates. Due to the lack of materials available, the country flag was the only distinguishable factor that was a telltale sign of ally or enemy. Once their only way of security on sea was disrupted, trust for all ships nearby changed.

In the warfare era, false flags took a dangerous turn. As technology advanced, so did the methods of conspiracy. In a war mindset, winning is the only acceptable outcome; therefore, troops did everything they could to make that outcome a reality. One of the main events that was observed to have a false flag intervention is “The Gulf of Tonkin Incident” in the Vietnam War. An article by “We are the Mighty” wrote, “The only thing wrong with that retelling of the incident is everything. The August 2nd attack happened but the Defense Department didn’t respond. The August 4th attack never happened. This is problematic because it was the justification for Congress’ passing of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, giving the President full authority to use the military to assist “any member or protocol state of the Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty” threatened by Communist aggression without a declaration of war.”     The political era is the current time period that is the most politically aggressive in false flag history, and history in general. Politicians use false flags to disrupt the careers of other political figures. Campaigns have been vandalized nonstop thanks to the fraudulent actions that false flags create. A recent political example of a false flag were the suspected mail bombs in 2018. The conspiracy theories that resulted from this event circulated around the idea that democrats had planted the bombs as false flags in order to make conservatives look bad before the midterm elections. Even after a suspect was identified, theories were still floating around. The power of false flags is destructive and soon they will make political culture crumble.