Operation MindfuckAuthor :
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Published : Thursday 18 August 2022
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Mind control. Satanic rituals. Unspeakable sexual perversions. Supervillains eating childrenâ?Ts brains. A divine mandate to keep Donald Trump in the White House, no matter what. This surreal combination of horror-movie shocks and fascist marching orders is the signature of QAnon, which emerged from the dark corners of the internet in 2017 and soon became the galvanizing force behind Trump supporters, both during Trumpâ?Ts presidency and in the volatile, ongoing aftermath of the 2020 election. But despite the strange pervasiveness of QAnon, its origins remain obscure. Who is behind QAnonâ?Ts messaging, and what do they want? And why do they pair their extreme political agenda with such obviously made-up, phantasmagorical beliefs?InA Operation Mindfuck, Robert Guffey argues that this is not as mysterious as QAnonâ?Ts anonymous â?odropsâ?? of cryptic directives seem to be. Drawing on an encyclopedic knowledge of conspiracy theories and mixing deep-dive research, political analysis, and firsthand notes from QAnonâ?Ts underbelly, Guffey insists that weâ?Tve seen it all before. Unraveling QAnonâ?Ts patchwork quilt of recycled material, from pulp-fiction spook stories to Hunter S. Thompson-style pranksterism to Nixon-esque dirty tricks, Guffey diagnoses QAnon as a highly engineered ploy, calibrated to capture the attention and lock-step loyalty of its audience. Will its followers ever realize that theyâ?Tve been had? Can this new American religion be dispelled as a cult like any other? The answers,A Operation MindfuckA reveals, are hidden in plain sight.
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