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The Prophecies of Q
It also doesn’t really matter. Q’s base of acolytes is small, but intensely devoted—and there are many more people who believe in the mythology of Q without identifying as “QAnon believers.”
Mike Rothschild • The Storm Is Upon Us
We had entered, briefly, the era of “memetic tribes,” a term coined by Peter Limberg in 2018 to refer to this rapid speciation of internet-first subcultures. Limberg defines memetic tribes as “a group of agents with a meme complex…that directly or indirectly seeks to impose its distinct map of reality – along with its moral imperatives – on others.
... See moreLeïth Benkhedda • Antimemetics
Featuring a mythology that’s virtually impenetrable to outsiders, the QAnon conspiracy theory revolves around an anonymous group of military intelligence insiders who collectively refer to themselves as Q. These patriots are supposedly under orders from Trump to leak clues and prompts that reveal secret knowledge of an upcoming and world-changing e
... See moreMike Rothschild • The Storm Is Upon Us
Internet subcultures, by contrast, are building grand narratives and meme worlds that help people feel their way through the chaos that’s currently unfolding. These stories cut deep, down to the most foundational questions of race and religion and destiny. We shouldn’t be too surprised that complex conspiracy theories, intergenerational trauma, and... See more
Aaron Z. Lewis • The garden of forking memes: how digital media distorts our sense of time
What kind of memetic monsters evolve in a primordial stew made of fractalized identities, multipolar geopolitics and viral media? Conspiracy theories, of course.