• axont [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    1 year ago

    Yeah a lot of Qanon mythology rests on the idea that the uninformed will all en masse admit they were wrong, renounce leftism, and become ardent Trump supporters

    It really reminds me of Mormonism or the Millerites. I think home grown American religious movements only have one trick.

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      It really reminds me of Mormonism or the Millerites. I think home grown American religious movements only have one trick.

      It’s pure frontierism ideology.

      “My frustrations with civilization will be solved if I strike out on my own and start my own mini civilization where I make the rules and the masses will crawl to me someday!”

      “Galt’s Gulch” in Ayn Rand garbage fiction was exactly that. We even see that shit with techbros fantasizing about conquering space. my-hero