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The Prophecies of Q
We tend to think of what we see cascading across the network — the substance, the specific claims — as the problem. Much of it is old phenomena manifesting in new ways: rumors, harassment mobs, disinformation, propaganda. But it carries new consequences, in large part because of the size and speed of networks across which it moves. In the 1910s, a
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That participatory element is what makes Q different from every other run-of-the-mill conspiracy theory out there.
Mike Rothschild • The Storm Is Upon Us
[Breach is] the idea that the internet has become our externalised collective unconscious, capturing and then amplifying a swirling ocean of our projections, hopes, fantasies, and violent urges. Some of these become archetypal, turning into myths and memes that evolve to take on a life of their own. The longer our unexpressed desires and rages swir... See more