Unmasked: man behind cult set to replace QAnon The creator of the rapidly growing ‘Sabmyk Network’ is said to be a Berlin art dealer with a record of media manipulation

Don't the people who write these supposedly anti-Q articles from a 'Who is Q?' slant realise the the question of 'Who is Q?' is essentially the first question many of these nutcases have asked themselves and upon which they have already built an answer.

It's like trying to prove to somebody who is convinced that 2+2=5 that they're wrong by posing the question "What is addition?" over and over and then just speculating about what addition could mean.

Qadder: 2+2=5!

Journalist: No, what is addition?

Qadder: It's 2+2=5!

Journalist: What nonsense. I the noble journalist must travel the world to find out what just what addition is.

Qadder: You'll find 2+2=5!

It doesn't matter who Q is. They're probably just a board troll. What matters is describing how the people who believe in Q are using the conspiracy theories they perpetuate to fill the alienated void in their life by creating some kind of action movie conspiracy plot as a Big Other. And through Qs endorsement they actively support the things they want without having to question why they believe them. It's the new religion. The dissociative vessel through which they can express their inner beliefs and prejudices. Some just think it's funny to wind people up by pretending to believe in Q - in the same way that some think it's funny to pretend to believe in aliens for attention. Some people want to vote republican/conservative because they're bigots and they're less embarrassed about pretending to believe in a conspiracy theory than outright admitting they'd vote for a party that would happily see children starve. There are people who are caught up in the spectacle - that believe in q in the same way that people can be conditioned through crowds. The conditioned of which works in tandem with those who wish to condition others, primarily because they see the financial and social rewards of becoming a believer. There are politicians who just got elected on this nonsense. There are celebrities and entrepreneurs using it as a way to bring attention to themselves and their product.

But what's not going to work? Asking an unanswered question about the identity of Qanon when that's literally the first question everybody who believes in Qanon asks themselves...

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