MAGA TikTok Delusions

[mmKay]

Maga boomers accepting Biden as president : 

 

[Lyubov]

this movie has been brought up a lot by q-anon and heavy magas as sort of an illustration of what is currently going on in society today. a sort of dumb person's idea of societal conspiracy. 

[Jennjenn]

2 hours ago, Lyubov said:

this movie has been brought up a lot by q-anon and heavy magas as sort of an illustration of what is currently going on in society today. a sort of dumb person's idea of societal conspiracy. 

Interesting. I’ll check it out 

[DocWatts]

2 hours ago, Lyubov said:

this movie has been brought up a lot by q-anon and heavy magas as sort of an illustration of what is currently going on in society today. a sort of dumb person's idea of societal conspiracy. 

Yeah the depiction of Conspiracy Theories in popular culture doesn't feel as benign as it did back during the era of X-Files and Twin Peaks.

Up until five or ten years ago it was a lot easier to just kind of laugh off Conspiracy Theories, since most people didn't take them seriously. It becomes a much more frightening idea when Conspiracy Nutjobs begin amassing political power, and a direct line can be drawn between Conspiracy Beliefs and political radicalization.

Feels cringe AF these days when Conspiracy Nutjobs are getting elected to High Office, and Conspiracy Theories are fueling political violence and causing thousands of preventable deaths during a pandemic.

Edited February 3, 2021 by DocWatts

[Lyubov]

1 hour ago, DocWatts said:

Yeah the depiction of Conspiracy Theories in popular culture doesn't feel as benign as it did back during the era of X-Files and Twin Peaks.

Up until five or ten years ago it was a lot easier to just kind of laugh off Conspiracy Theories, since most people didn't take them seriously. It becomes a much more frightening idea when Conspiracy Nutjobs begin amassing political power, and a direct line can be drawn between Conspiracy Beliefs and political radicalization.

Feels cringe AF these days when Conspiracy Nutjobs are getting elected to High Office, and Conspiracy Theories are fueling political violence and causing thousands of preventable deaths during a pandemic.

Yeah exactly, they used to be this kinda goofy and mostly harmless thing people would laugh at. They Live is a fun movie too but it's kinda hard to enjoy now knowing some clown is using it to fuel their delusions. 

[DocWatts]

6 hours ago, Lyubov said:

Yeah exactly, they used to be this kinda goofy and mostly harmless thing people would laugh at. They Live is a fun movie too but it's kinda hard to enjoy now knowing some clown is using it to fuel their delusions. 

Same here. In a different world They Live would be a fun kitshy 80s movie along the lines of something like Running Man or Total Recall, but such is the insanity of the times we live in that you can draw a direct line between the Paranoia represented in something like They Live and fascists storming the capitol. Or the thousands of preventable Covid deaths directly linked to Conspiratorial Delusions.

Edited February 3, 2021 by DocWatts

[Hardkill]

Maybe the US country should go back to being split in two states, like how there used to be the United States of America and the Confederate states America during the American Civil War. IDK

[Leo Gura]

1 hour ago, Hardkill said:

Maybe the US country should go back to being split in two states, like how there used to be the United States of America and the Confederate states America during the American Civil War. IDK

You mean so MAGA could nuke the pedo states?

[Hardkill]

35 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:

You mean so MAGA could nuke the pedo states?

Exactly. MAGA should indeed nuke states like Mississippi and Alabama also because of the people there who commit incest.

Edited February 4, 2021 by Hardkill

[captainamerica]

11 minutes ago, Hardkill said:

Exactly. MAGA should indeed nuke states like Mississippi and Alabama also because of the people there who commit incest.

What about Florida?

[Preety_India]

11 minutes ago, Hardkill said:

Exactly. MAGA should indeed nuke states like Mississippi and Alabama also because of the people there who commit incest.

Now that was funny 

 

[abrakamowse]

Probably they will nuke themselves too

[abrakamowse]

[AtheisticNonduality]

They Live is actually a kinda leftist movie with criticisms of police brutality and capitalism, but yes, the Q right-wing conspiracy people have adopted it.

[DocWatts]

17 minutes ago, AtheisticNonduality said:

They Live is actually a kinda leftist movie with criticisms of police brutality and capitalism, but yes, the Q right-wing conspiracy people have adopted it.

Oh for sure. I'd say it's quite explicit in the anti-corporate and anti-authoritarian themes it's trying to convey, but unfortunately that hasn't prevented the movie from being co-opted by right wing Conspiracy Theorists under the sway of an Authoritarian Cult of Personality. Probably by some of the same dummies on the Alt-Right who quote '1984' while being ignorant of the fact that George Orwell was a Democratic Socialist.

Edited February 5, 2021 by DocWatts

[Lyubov]

4 hours ago, AtheisticNonduality said:

They Live is actually a kinda leftist movie with criticisms of police brutality and capitalism, but yes, the Q right-wing conspiracy people have adopted it.

Yeah for sure, but to the average Q will twist and turn it any way they can to fit their world narrative. They see the money'd elites in it not as a criticism of capitalism as intended but instead zionist pedo globalist aliens that want to turn everyone into slaves and eat them lol. I'm pretty sure the movie was made as a sort of retort to Regan economics which these guys idolize 

spoiler: people are dumb

lol found this one under a video explaining the actual message of the movie when it was made

Edited February 6, 2021 by Lyubov

[Lyubov]

these people really do have a fetish of sorts for pretending to be the oppressed ones 

[Leo Gura]

 

[Philipp]

quite shocking to witness the downfall of quality information, since the coming of social media and clickbait. I took for granted how it unites a country, when there is a shared access to information and  not multiple information bubbles. I took journalism very much for granted and now its under attack and must reinvent itself.