What was it that got them into it? Were you able to maintain a relationship with them or did you have to cut them out of your life? How on Earth do they do the mental gymnastics to believe something that is so farcically untrue?
r/qanoncasualties, the most depressing place on the internet.
The most common denominator there of folks who have been sucked into Qanon is an existing predilection for conspiracies.
There’s been a recent spread of Q into the New Age movement leading to a syncretism of concepts
Most of the people I know have some awareness of how child abuse and trafficking works. I haven’t seen anyone I know who is serious about supporting survivors go Q.
I know one person. Family friend. They are into doaism. Meditate daily. I remember them introducing me to some weird synergy cite a few years back. Now they’re an overt racist. And think trump is going to save the world like Superman. They’re a real estate agent and I’m always tempted to share their bigoted twitter with clients.
It’s shocking how much overlap there is between new age types and reactionary conspiracy theory:
I was into psychedelics and even still think they’re pretty good, but I’ve seen how little they do to raise class consciousness. As much as one thinks they’re changing their life, it’s more a reminder that everything is connected. Being alive, that’s the deepest truth we all already know.
But it’s interesting that people think psychedelics are a cure all for living in this shit society. When in fact it can also be used to further exploitation.
However, I want to start taking prescribed K because it’s the one thing that has truly helped my depression.
There’s new age and there’s new age. I enjoy yoga, and the studio near me is on the bougie side, so I know a bunch of women who are way into an aesthetic that’s mostly flower child with a dash of paganism and orientalism, but they’re all hard libs who think drugs (except maybe weed) are scary.
