Qanon, 2023

Mac1958

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Conservative broadcaster Charlie Sykes runs a channel called "The Bulwark", and on his newest episode he interviews Will Sommer, who has a new book out on Qanon. The disturbing interview is linked below. While Qanon has been around for several years, the book and this interview offer an up-to-date look at this national conspiracy phenomenon.

If you take the time to listen to it, I'd respectfully suggest that you try to avoid dismissing what you're hearing as kook and crazy. Charlie lapses into that mode a few times and I think he's making a mistake. This is not a tiny segment of our society, and they are dead serious. And far worse, their direct and indirect influence is now in the halls of Congress.

 
Sommer gives us the source of the "adrenochrome" theory, that Democrats (including Hillary Clinton and Tom Hanks) somehow harvest it from children to drink and live longer:

Adrenochrome is actually a real thing. Then "Gonzo journalist" Hunter S Thompson uses it in his 1971 novel "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas". From this article: The truth about adrenochrome

Why does anyone believe children are tortured to harvest adrenochrome?

The blame must land on Hunter S Thompson. In Fear and Loathing, the character Dr Gonzo says: “There’s only one source for this stuff… the adrenaline glands from a living human body. It’s no good if you get it out of a corpse.”
 
Conservative broadcaster Charlie Sykes runs a channel called "The Bulwark", and on his newest episode he interviews Will Sommer, who has a new book out on Qanon. The disturbing interview is linked below. While Qanon has been around for several years, the book and this interview offer an up-to-date look at this national conspiracy phenomenon.

If you take the time to listen to it, I'd respectfully suggest that you try to avoid dismissing what you're hearing as kook and crazy. Charlie lapses into that mode a few times and I think he's making a mistake. This is not a tiny segment of our society, and they are dead serious. And far worse, their direct and indirect influence is now in the halls of Congress.



We have a lot of real problems in this country. This isn't one of them.
 
I've noticed that these people and others on the far right are terrible at working together. They are certainly a threat but I've come to realize they can never have a big glorious revolution like they want because none of them want to die for it. It's a movement of wannabe generals looking for some cannon fodder.
 
I've noticed that these people and others on the far right are terrible at working together. They are certainly a threat but I've come to realize they can never have a big glorious revolution like they want because none of them want to die for it. It's a movement of wannabe generals looking for some cannon fodder.
The author interviewed people who participated in the Insurrection, and they believed that it was "The Storm", the moment that Trump would become dictator for life. That includes Ashli Babbitt. He talks about people thinking that Q would pay off all their bills and that they'd be living in what would essentially be a utopia.

This sounds biblical, religious. It could explain why so many of them think that Trump was sent to us by God.
 
The author interviewed people who participated in the Insurrection, and they believed that it was "The Storm", the moment that Trump would become dictator for life. That includes Ashli Babbitt. He talks about people thinking that Q would pay off all their bills and that they'd be living in what would essentially be a utopia.

This sounds biblical, religious. It could explain why so many of them think that Trump was sent to us by God.

Racy. You love it, eh Mac?
 
The author interviewed people who participated in the Insurrection, and they believed that it was "The Storm", the moment that Trump would become dictator for life. That includes Ashli Babbitt. He talks about people thinking that Q would pay off all their bills and that they'd be living in what would essentially be a utopia.

This sounds biblical, religious. It could explain why so many of them think that Trump was sent to us by God.
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You have a vivid imagination.



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The author interviewed people who participated in the Insurrection, and they believed that it was "The Storm", the moment that Trump would become dictator for life. That includes Ashli Babbitt. He talks about people thinking that Q would pay off all their bills and that they'd be living in what would essentially be a utopia.

This sounds biblical, religious. It could explain why so many of them think that Trump was sent to us by God.
As with any sort of right wing conspiracy garbage half of them will believe anything and the other half are in on the con.
 
As with any sort of right wing conspiracy garbage half of them will believe anything and the other half are in on the con.
This thing has been wrecking families, relationships, taking over politics in pockets.

Just as with many other things, Qanon itself is not the problem. The problem is the demand for it. This is many millions of Americans. What does it say about us? What does it say about a society when so many are so empty inside that something like this is so attractive to them?
 
This thing has been wrecking families, relationships, taking over politics in pockets.

Just as with many other things, Qanon is not the problem. The problem is the demand for it. This is many millions of Americans. What does it say about us? What does it say about a society when so many are so empty inside that something like this is so attractive to them?
Mostly the Qanon stuff was consumed by people who spent too much time on the internet. Friendless incel losers and social misfits. Someone's attempt to recruit some young ideological types willing to fight and die for the cause. It didn't really work. They are still cowards who would rather be home playing WoW than doing the real thing.
 
I've noticed that these people and others on the far right are terrible at working together. They are certainly a threat but I've come to realize they can never have a big glorious revolution like they want because none of them want to die for it. It's a movement of wannabe generals looking for some cannon fodder.
Progs do not die for it either. They died for their stupidity and following Progressive Socialist agendas. What will happen is that the dictatorship will get people to kill other people. And there will be people hired that are Deplorables who will not forget you asshats and the evil you put into power. This has happened countless times in human history.
 

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