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It seems like the media is talking about this more than anyone else at this point. There have literally been over 2000 articles written to debunk this. The content has been banned from reddit, twitter and other platforms. Why is everyone so vigilant to call it "dangerous"? Why not flat earth and chem trails? Why all the attention for this one thing?
Big issue with QAnon is that unlike normal standalone conspiracy theories, this one engulfs all other ones into a single plot.
One has to believe there's a deliberate intelligence effort signal boosting this a fair bit, meshed within the various layers of accounts/platforms propagating it. Similar example of practices: https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2020/07/ghostwr... The above relies on a fair bit of identity building as well, so Q's source/breeding in more anon platforms helps all the better. Intense stuff.
Okay, but why is this theory so different? There are lots and lots of conspiracy theories from every corner of the political sphere. Why is this one a real security threat?
it asks people to go to (in a weird sort of way) first principles and start from there
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Why is bitcoin so scary? Because it completely removes CENTRAL CONTROL
even more so - it removes the need to TRUST a central bank
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QAnon is similar. If you read the precepts of it, it is written by someone who believes that the entire current mindset is INCULCATED and INDOCTRINATED by people through brainwashing in high school and college
Which is an especially effective way to position yourself because then people have to question
ARe my beliefs based on FIRST PRINCIPLES i.e.
If I start with a blank slate and build on that using non-disputable facts
would it lead to what the mass media is saying?
And then they see - OK, Mass Media is lying
Now, what is the truth
at this point it doesn't even amtter if QAnon is the truth or not
The victory is already won
one brainwashed person suddenly recognizes they are brainwashed
It seems like the media is talking about this more than anyone else at this point. There have literally been over 2000 articles written to debunk this. The content has been banned from reddit, twitter and other platforms. Why is everyone so vigilant to call it "dangerous"? Why not flat earth and chem trails? Why all the attention for this one thing?
It seems like the media is talking about this more than anyone else at this point. There have literally been over 2000 articles written to debunk this. The content has been banned from reddit, twitter and other platforms. Why is everyone so vigilant to call it "dangerous"? Why not flat earth and chem trails? Why all the attention for this one thing?
Okay, but why is this theory so different? There are lots and lots of conspiracy theories from every corner of the political sphere. Why is this one a real security threat?
Because QAnon is also a religious movement. "Trust the plan" is not something conspiracy theorists from the 80s and 90s said...
It seems like the media is talking about this more than anyone else at this point. There have literally been over 2000 articles written to debunk this. The content has been banned from reddit, twitter and other platforms. Why is everyone so vigilant to call it "dangerous"? Why not flat earth and chem trails? Why all the attention for this one thing?
It's more dangerous than chemtrails or flat Earth because it paints a lot of real people as dangerous enemies of the US.
It seems like the media is talking about this more than anyone else at this point. There have literally been over 2000 articles written to debunk this. The content has been banned from reddit, twitter and other platforms. Why is everyone so vigilant to call it "dangerous"? Why not flat earth and chem trails? Why all the attention for this one thing?