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A Game Designer’s Analysis Of QAnon - Playing with reality (20min+ read. A bit lengthy, but it worth)
In brief - apophenia. Just a tad more elaborated - induced/guided aphonenia.
What's fascinating is the buttons of human psyche that are pushed to sink people deep into the rabbit holes:
- Follow The Breadcrumbs - don't tell, just select the dots that are to be connected
- The Eureka Effect - the rush of the Aha! moments and the feeling of being rewarded
- Lamestream Media - passivate against the reality that's not supportive to the agenda
- Community - sense of belonging, behavior reinforcement; a population large and motivated enough to adopt an evolutionary strategy in selecting the best CT-es
All the above are exemplified - and these examples is how I got to get WTF Beyoncé has to do with QAnon.
So, if all it's an Alternate Reality Game, there's no harm, right? Not so fast, the US Military Academy ran the The QAnon Conspiracy Theory: A Security Threat in the Making? article in its "Combating Terrorism Center" journal, stating
QAnon represents a public security threat with the potential in the future to become a more impactful domestic terror threat. This is true especially given that conspiracy theories have a track record of propelling terrorist violence elsewhere in the West as well as QAnon’s more recent influence on mainstream political discourse.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 18 2020, @06:31PM (4 children)
Qhat leftist conspiracy theories, you ignorant fuck? Aristarchus just seems to concentrate on alt-right for the reason that most of the craziness for a while was the alt-right, that and TMB did not want to be painted with a broad brush. (I know, kinky, being painted with tiny camel-hair brushes like that, and it takes so long!!) But, seriously, what leftist conspiracy theories?
Con-trails? Rightwing. Jade Helm? Rightwing. QAnon? Rightwing. Lizard People? Hmmm. Russia Hoax? Rightwing. COVID-19 hoax? Rightwing. Moonlanding? Rightwing. FlatEarth? Rightwing. Anti-vaxxers? Rightwing. Steal the Vote? Rightwing.
Seems that in reality, you know, that thing that doesn't go away, even if you have a "theory", there are no left-wing conspiracy theories. Please, Mr. Runaway so smart, point some out to us! Please?
(Moron.)
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 18 2020, @07:44PM (3 children)
You are terribly confused and deluded. More than half of those you name are bipartisan. That is, they have little or nothing to do with modern day politics, and they have subscribers from all demographics. The right can own Jade Helm and Qanon and Steal the Vote. The rest is bullshit.
The whole Russia collusion thing is entirely in the Dem/prog/left camp. You've been clubbing Trump with it since before Day One.
Don't talk to me about morons while you're sitting on your special little short bus. Next you'll be blaming Trump and the right for every theory surrounding the Kennedy assassination.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 18 2020, @09:06PM (1 child)
The conspiracy theory is that the Russian Collusion is a hoax. The reality is that Russian Collusion was real, as outlined in the full Mueller Report. So the conspiracy theory belongs to the right. Are you really this stupid?
(Score: 1) by khallow on Thursday November 19 2020, @03:51PM
Is this the published copy or the copy submitted to the Gnomes of Zurich?
(Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 19 2020, @12:31AM
"You've been clubbing Trump with it since before Day One."
That is because Trump solicited illegal hacking from Russia who granted his request that same day. This isn't rocket science bub, and then Trump continued to side with Russia his entire term. It takes some special level of brainwashing to ignore these things, but hey you probably watch Fox and believe every lie they sell you. Top kek for you dimwitted assholes that can't admit to any mistakes. We have reached "this is just sad."