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So gang, let's talk about Q anon. Why it exists, the niche it fills in right wing psychology, and where it's going.
Why does Qanon exist?
In 2017 the GOP had won. They had full control of all branches of the government.
The right wing base should be happy, yes? /1
Why does Qanon exist?
In 2017 the GOP had won. They had full control of all branches of the government.
The right wing base should be happy, yes? /1
Sadly, no. See, the GOP was running the whole show, but the "taking back of our country" didn't happen.
Coal jobs didn't pop up overnight, the Hispanic family down the street didn't vanish, they still had to press one for English, pride parades were still happening etc /2
Coal jobs didn't pop up overnight, the Hispanic family down the street didn't vanish, they still had to press one for English, pride parades were still happening etc /2
ARGH! Twitter ate a 20 tweet long post with an "are you a robot" recaptcha!
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Ok, so we'll try and redo as much as we can
The thing about the right in America is they are addicted to feeling like a persecuted minority, which is difficult to pull off when you're in charge of everything. Additionally, conservatism can never fail it can only be failed /3
The thing about the right in America is they are addicted to feeling like a persecuted minority, which is difficult to pull off when you're in charge of everything. Additionally, conservatism can never fail it can only be failed /3
So, how to explain that despite running the whole show their dreams of "taking our country back" didn't happen while also regaining underdog status? Enter "The Deep State"
A shadowy force that is waging war against Trump and preventing the free market utopia they were promised /4
A shadowy force that is waging war against Trump and preventing the free market utopia they were promised /4
And in order to make sure that they're the good guys in this scenario the bad guys need to be REALLY bad. Impossibly bad. Cartoonish levels of evil.
So they dredged up a bunch of old shit from the 80s satanic panic, gave it a coat of luddite paint and sent it lurching out /5
So they dredged up a bunch of old shit from the 80s satanic panic, gave it a coat of luddite paint and sent it lurching out /5
The right no longer even tries to pretend that the policies they favor are anything but naked cruelty, but since no one is the bad guy in their own minds, that cruelty has to be justified. And what better justification than that you're fighting against people who sacrifice /6
children to moloch, and are literal cannibals?
There's also a strain of Q that believes all "Democrats" (by which they mean anyone left of Trump) are literally demon possessed.
Now tell us, does Bruce Campbell feel remorse for blowing away some deadites?/7
There's also a strain of Q that believes all "Democrats" (by which they mean anyone left of Trump) are literally demon possessed.
Now tell us, does Bruce Campbell feel remorse for blowing away some deadites?/7
Not at all. And that's where this is headed. The Q anon movement is primed to become a surge of loosely connected terror cells, that lash out unpredictably.
Even if Trump loses, ESPECIALLY if Trump loses, they'll do so.
Even if Trump loses, ESPECIALLY if Trump loses, they'll do so.
