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PSOL
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« on: August 16, 2020, 05:15:11 PM »

QAnon most resembles other widespread conspiracy theories when a society enters a period of crisis. Before the 1900s; reactionaries blamed hidden cabals of Freemasons and Jews for a host of societal ills—from a period of revolutionary waves to societal unrest. Instead of blaming, say, the current socioeconomic structures for the failures, it was easier for the people who most depended on the status quo to instead create conspiracy theories to explain away this crisis. Same with the more current cultural Marxist ploy or that reptilians/demons/satanists have infiltrated the highest echelons of society.

Because blaming capitalism is unacceptable to the people most dependent on it, they make up myths to cope with the problem. In this case, a lot of people could not understand the current structural problems caused by the fact of our settler-colonial capitalist foundations, nor could they appropriately defend the status quo and their beliefs against an onslaught of public backlash, so they blamed everything on liberal sex predators running a Child Trafficking ring.

Like other mass delirium events brought forth to cope and deflect from real structural problems, it will exist until the propagators no longer have a platform and are brought to the levels of the masses by taking away their special privileges in society. The solution is easier said than done, as the main propagators and descendants of these movements of old are still here and very much a presence today; the main Jewish libel smearer and hater of Freemasonry still exists in the Catholic Church, Fascism still exists and its national models are becoming more entrenched worldwide, the same pastors and churches making sh!t up about satanists still exist and are still structurally entrenched in our society, and David Icke is still railing about scaly representations on the Jewish people. The newest meme brought forth by a funnyman on 4chan will in no doubt continue on in a long line of cope for the same kind of people.

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PSOL
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« Reply #1 on: August 16, 2020, 06:24:10 PM »
« Edited: August 16, 2020, 06:27:53 PM by PSOL »

QAnon most resembles other widespread conspiracy theories when a society enters a period of crisis. Before the 1900s; reactionaries blamed hidden cabals of Freemasons and Jews for a host of societal ills—from a period of revolutionary waves to societal unrest. Instead of blaming, say, the current socioeconomic structures for the failures, it was easier for the people who most depended on the status quo to instead create conspiracy theories to explain away this crisis. Same with the more current cultural Marxist ploy or that reptilians/demons/satanists have infiltrated the highest echelons of society.

Because blaming capitalism is unacceptable to the people most dependent on it, they make up myths to cope with the problem. In this case, a lot of people could not understand the current structural problems caused by the fact of our settler-colonial capitalist foundations, nor could they appropriately defend the status quo and their beliefs against an onslaught of public backlash, so they blamed everything on liberal sex predators running a Child Trafficking ring.

Like other mass delirium events brought forth to cope and deflect from real structural problems, it will exist until the propagators no longer have a platform and are brought to the levels of the masses by taking away their special privileges in society. The solution is easier said than done, as the main propagators and descendants of these movements of old are still here and very much a presence today; the main Jewish libel smearer and hater of Freemasonry still exists in the Catholic Church, Fascism still exists and its national models are becoming more entrenched worldwide, the same pastors and churches making sh!t up about satanists still exist and are still structurally entrenched in our society, and David Icke is still railing about scaly representations on the Jewish people. The newest meme brought forth by a funnyman on 4chan will in no doubt continue on in a long line of cope for the same kind of people.

I'm not sure what you mean when you say that these beliefs are created by "the people most dependent on the status quo." Are you referring to the capitalist ruling class or the lower classes? Conspiracy theories and religions are products of the downtrodden; the rulers stoke the flames a bit, but they didn't start those fires.
Capitalist class, but yeah I should probably clarify that it isn’t the entirety of them. In this instance, the conspiracy theory is pushed by the more reactionary elements of that class and their media, like InfoWars or the Qboomer Karen nominees.

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