I know we all hate on Qanon, but the converse of this—social media platforms selectively nipping organic social movements in the bud so they can't build political strength—also isn't awesome.https://twitter.com/AlKapDC/status/1317199126388477955 …
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I do kind of admire the way Q has bootstrapped itself into reality by provoking a very real elite crackdown against its most preposterous claims. This crackdown then makes the fantasy struggle real. It's like if D&D players conjured up an actual dragon by calling each other pedos
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I agree with the core premise here but how do you reach them when their feeds are flooded with all of these conspiracies? Most of these people aren't who would seek out conspiracies, even the conspiracy people have in some circles ways rejected Q as low effort.
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Like talking to my grandma, if you bring up obvious dumb conspiracies like lizard people or pyramid shit she laughs but the Q stuff gets pushed into her feed as "news" and then boosted by people she trusts giving it stronger cred. This is a women who is fairly tech literate
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What moral panic *doesn't* fall into the category of people being hungry of structure and hidden meaning?
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There are the perennial "teens are having tons of sex" or "there's a terrifying new drug"
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Sure, but "abolish capitalism to stop social alienation" is not as practical as "deplatform the violent maniacs, even if we have to do it repeatedly"
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@intelwire ’s argument in the Atlantic:https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/10/year-living-uncertainly/616648/ …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Are you saying that Q followers could be satiated by some other, more truthful narrative?
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in the absence of QAnon, these people would have been sucked in by essential oils or crystals or flat earth or some other plant that roots deep in soft soil
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