The Original Diabolical Conspiracy Theory

Yvonne Owens, PhD
10 min readNov 11, 2022
Persepolis mural showing ‘The death of Gav-aēvō.dātā/Gawiewdad,’ the primordial bovine, at the hands of Jahi (“Menstruation”) in the form of a lioness demon.

Recently, Lawrence O’Donnell claimed that the antisemitic trope postulating that Jews are responsible for everything that’s wrong with and in the world is “the oldest conspiracy theory of Western civilization.” (https://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/lawrence-trump-s-lies-prey-on-his-supporters-vulnerability-to-misinformation-152238661906)

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Yvonne Owens, PhD

I'm a writer/researcher/arts educator on Vancouver Island and all round global citizen who loves humans even though we're such a phenomenal pain-in-the-ass.