The popularity of QAnon is one reason why I think we're heading for a period of increasing political violence (although far short of an old-fashion civil war). QAnon style narratives of elite depravity are often prelude to violence (as we've already seen).
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Also a tactic used in Russia by Stalin and by the Nazis and Mussolini's fascist regime.
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also, the satanic panic in the 70s and 80s in the US. Right
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What book is that?
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Jonathan Spence's Search for Modern China
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I'm dyin at the subtle historical insult of "three Russians whom the crowd had thought were French"
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Just some harmless parlor hijinks no doubt.
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It’s a good analogy. Another from China is also the Red Turban Rebellions. A millenarian, apocalyptic cult set in a failing state amid a devastating pandemic, they were known for flaying people in the streets.
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One popular accusation was that Christians inserted corks into their babies’ bottoms to make it easier for the faithful to sodomise them.
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You see the same conspiracy theories promoted in the English Civil War, but about catholics.
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