"& #39;Q& #39; of Qanon emerged in fall 2017, when the Trump admin could no longer deny criminal and Kremlin ties due to Manafort and Flynn& #39;s arrests. It also emerged at the height of MeToo, which was moving in on Epstein. This was preemptive narrative inversion." https://www.patreon.com/posts/so-many-cults-so-40866243">https://www.patreon.com/posts/so-...

"QAnon was an early propaganda intervention, in which those looking into Epstein could be redirected toward a Trump-supporting movement, instead of examining Trump being accused in court of raping a 13-year-old procured by Epstein." -- @gaslitnation https://www.patreon.com/posts/so-many-cults-so-40866243">https://www.patreon.com/posts/so-...

"QAnon was the flip side to the irrational & #39;Mueller will save us& #39; movement of 2017-2018, which also talked of non-existent sealed indictments and secret saviors. I wrote about this in HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT." https://www.patreon.com/posts/so-many-cults-so-40866243">https://www.patreon.com/posts/so-...

"Savior syndrome and cults flourish during the unstable period before autocratic consolidation. People are so frightened, they don& #39;t know who to trust. They want to follow. They don& #39;t want to think." -- @gaslitnation https://www.patreon.com/posts/so-many-cults-so-40866243">https://www.patreon.com/posts/so-...

"Asking questions is a good, healthy practice. But some people following QAnon are being driven into a dark cause. On the Democratic side, you also see people being tricked. It& #39;s not a matter of intelligence; it& #39;s emotional manipulation." -- @gaslitnation https://www.patreon.com/posts/so-many-cults-so-40866243">https://www.patreon.com/posts/so-...