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The Name Of The Q
Previous posts:
Deep Throat v, Q
Q The Conspiracy - A Phenomenon
The Gospel According To Q
A-Marketing We Will Q
In this ongoing series of articles, we have presented evidence that the Q Phenomenon is a sophisticated multi-layered psy-op that appeared fully conceived in late October 2017 on 4chan, later moving to 8chan.
We have shown that Q purports to impart covert information to followers in multiple dimensions, where it is not only the message, but the medium iteself that has meaning.
At its most basic level, Q functions as an "insider" source for information on Trump's promised effort to "drain the swamp." At this level, Q resembles Deep Throat during the Watergate era, except that Q places its entire audience in the role of reporters Woodward and Bernstein, thus subverting mainstream media filters.
We have proposed that Q is a sophisticated marketing/PR campaign that uses classic design, but in a weaponized form. The many layers of the campaign work on numerous levels to attract as diverse an audience as possible. Q uses standard Pavlovian Response methods to "establish and associate," a technique where engendered trust is extended to include other concepts, individuals and groups. This is the core of the psy-op aspect.
We theorize that Q operates by design with key religious elements that spread through the social media culture at amazing, if not alarming pace. Elements such as revealed truth, hierarchical structure, occult interpretation, and prophesy all play a significant role. Followers have developed a fanatical and even cult-like community around Q that demands strict adherence to a kind of "theology," or risk excommunication.
We have already and continue to develop tests and specific predictions to establish the validity of our working hypothesis. It stands to reason that if Q is operating on multiple levels of meaning, including symbolic, emotional, rational, and historical, then even the name "Q" should have significant meanings across various areas of interest, working in concert with the other proposed elements we have detailed.
With this in mind, we investigated various uses of the name "Q" in other areas of society. To be significant, the use of "Q" should have appeared well before the rise of the extant phenomenon, so as to be included as an aspect of the Q design, and not be a result of it. Previous uses of the name would ideally intersect with the various elements of our theory in a meaningful way, such that other meanings of "Q" would add insight into how the Q Phenomenon is designed, how it functions, and how the entity(ies) behind it think.
We were not disappointed. We found no less than six distinct, superficially unrelated uses of the name "Q" in widely disparate fields that conceptually and significantly intersect with our theory. These findings serve as a confirmation that we are looking in the right places, as well as enhance the view that Q is operating at multiple levels in a way that is sometimes referred to as "4-D thinking".
Note that we use the neutral pronoun "it" when referring to Q, because at this point, we are not sure who - or what - is behind it. We do not want to limit our view, or the reader's, until some evidence arises regarding the nature of Q.
Q itself told us in early "drops" that the name refers to Q-level security clearance within the US federal government. It is supposedly the highest level, allowing full knowledge of compartmentalized information, thus having access to the Big Picture when it comes to government secrets and intelligence. Q also claims to be a function of US military intelligence, and so has access to roughly the same data, systems and techniques available to the NSA, CIA and other high-level intelligence agencies.
A couple of easy clicks led us to Wikipedia**, where Q-Clearance is indeed the highest level of security clearance, BUT only in the Department of Energy (DOE). According to the article, Q-Clearance is equivalent to Top Secret within the military, but a distinction is clearly drawn with Q-Clearance limited to the DOE. This is curious, as Q specifically claims to be military, but the claimed clearance only applies to the DOE.
It would be easy to dismiss Q at this point for not knowing or accurately establishing what it is talking about. If the entity(ies) behind it are really military and in the US government, they should be well aware of this distinction.
Too easy.
If our model is correct, Q would choose a name based on a number of dimensions, rather than just a literal one. The fact that Q-Clearance is equivalent to Top Secret (a.k.a. TS-SCI), it implies high-level access to information, while allowing for other dimensions of meaning. It also provides a single, distinctive character to embody a complex collection of ideas in the form of a well designed and marketed "logo".
As a prediction, we believe that "energy" will play a role in Q as we continue to investigate.
Given what follows, it stands to reason that Q chose the name based on multiple intersections of meaning, rather than a strict definition of the security clearance term.
Our next stop is somewhat less spectacular, but in keeping with the overall design we propose, as well as having cultural and symbolic significance.
As we have mentioned before, Q is a character on Star Trek that has god-like powers. Without rehearsing everything previously reported, suffice it to say this layer of reference would appeal to certain fan-type demographics, who would transfer their interest in sci-fi and humanist messages to the Q Phenomenon. The inference of being god-like is in keeping with out model of what Q is, and what it desires to be seen as by the general audience.
In the TV series, the name Q refers to both an individual and a "race," which is also interesting in this context. Being simultaneously one and many connotes a kind of symbolic Trinity.
It is noteworthy that the Q character is not considered trustworthy and his modus operandi is creating elaborate puzzles that the crew must decipher in order to escape some catastrophe.
Up next are two additional cultural references with varying levels of significance. The is quite clearly related to the Q Phenomenon, where one of the main features of the operation is creating multi-leveled puzzles in order to transfer hidden meanings to the audience. These puzzles are given ostensibly because the information is considered sensitive, and Q cannot just come out and say it. It must be encoded and teased out by the Anons, so that Q is not actually "leaking" anything.
The first is the character Q in the James Bond series of novels and films. Q, standing for "quartermaster," is the character responsible for designing high-tech weapons and gadgets for the Double-Oh spies in British intelligence operations. This link is intriguing for the intersections with "British," "spy", "weapons" and "high-tech".
The "high-tech" and "weapons" aspects obviously connect with the sophisticated use of the internet and social media, and our proposed weaponization of that technology.
"British" and "spy" invoke the perceived close relationship of US and UK intelligence operations, especially GCHQ (!) and MI6, which are the UK equivalent of the NSA, CIA and other agencies.
"British" also invokes the 5-Eyes, an intelligence cooperative among the US, Canada, the UK, Australia, and New Zealand. The 5-Eyes have been referenced by Q on numerous occasions, making this a significant intersection with the Q name.
Q has also specifically claimed that data from the 5-Eyes circumvents US law and allows elements within the federal government access to data on US citizens, bypassing restrictions on domestic agencies.
On an emotional level, the link with James Bond would serve to romanticize Q and give it an element of action, adventure and suspense. It serves to transfer all the emotional connotations of Bond's long history onto Q, providing a kind of instant history or background.
This, in turn, implies a battle against a sinister global network hell-bent on dominating the world, known as SPECTRE in the Bond universe. This, too, is in keeping with the nature and interpretation of Q's drops over the past nine months, as it purports to stand against various individuals and organizations in the real world with similar goals and ambitions.
Another cultural reference is an obscure 1982 film entitled, "Q". It would be easy to dismiss this reference, because it is rather obscure; however, it is interesting as the film deals with a group of New York City police investigating a series of mysterious murders using Aztec rituals that have apparently unleashed the Aztec god Quetzalcoatl, a feathered serpent associated with, among other things, learning.
The initial letter "Q" in the god's name, yet another god reference, and the association with learning are all significant intersections with our model of the Q Phenomenon. Q often states that followers must "learn our comms." The snake image, of course, has all sorts of religious connotations.
The link with Mexico is also curious, given Trump's signature focus on the US border with that nation. We also have in mind the Lady of Guadalupe, whose common depiction has her stepping on a snake - yet more religious symbolism.
At this point, it really starts to get interesting.
Thanks to a prompt from Joseph P. Farrell, we were led to the area of Biblical scholarship called, appropriately enough, the Q-Gospel.
Yes, the Q-Gospel!
In the early 20th century, Biblical scholars proposed a quelle (Germ., "source") for certain common elements in the Gospels of Luke and Matthew. This "source" was theorized to stem from early Christian oral traditions composed primarily of Jesus' sayings. The theory has fallen out of favor in recent years, but it nevertheless exists as a significant part of Biblical research and still attracts serious inquiry in the field.
We believe this reference should be obvious to the reader who saw our previous article called, "The Gospel According To Q." That "Q" should randomly refer to an area of theological research stretches credulity, given the demonstrated multi-layered nature of the Q Phenomenon and its religious elements.
The final Q reference is the clincher, in our opinion.
In the field of mathematics, there is an area called Set Theory that examines the construction, content and relationships between sets. Within this area, there is a sub-category called Q-Analysis.
Developed in the 1970s, Q-Analysis examines the alignments and intersections of sets in multiple dimensions. It is used to examine "large-scale system structure, social networks and decision making," among other things. It's function is to define how "sets" or "entities" relate and interact with each other, and how those relationships affect the internal content of the sets.
It should be immediately apparent to the reader that Q-Analysis describes almost exactly what we propose the Q Phenomenon is doing. It is inserting itself into decision making, using and manipulating social networks, and can easily be used to measure and manipulate large-scale system structures, such as demographics and internet architecture.
Using Q-Analysis, someone could easily track the Q Phenomenon across the internet to map and quantify how information spreads and what effect it has on audiences down to fine detail.
Other than the definition and history of the actual letter "q", these are the only significant references for the "Q". It was not necessary to make a value judgement for inclusion or exclusion of data.
That all these references should have internal elements directly related to our hypothesis, as well as conceptual relationships with each other through multiple, intersecting meanings and connotations is beyond random.
Six primary references to the letter "Q" can be found on the internet. All six relate significantly to aspects of the Q Phenomenon. All six have intersecting vertices in one or more dimensions. All six match elements of our theory of Q. And all six serve to increase and focus our understanding of the Q Phenomenon.
Since we propose that Q is messaging its audience on multiple levels in a 4-D system, it stands to reason that the name Q would also have multiple significant meanings. That all six references have some degree of correlation with each other and with our theory of Q, it stands to reason that this serves as a confirmation of the theory, especially since they enhance and clarify aspects of our a priori speculations.
We therefore conclude that our theory withstands a major test, and that our operating assumptions about the Q Phenomenon are at least partially correct and worth pursuing. This is by no means final and conclusive, but it is significant and instinctual, given our existing propositions.
It seems that we can now perceive some part of this real-life Matrix. If what we have found so far is any indication, the ride is about to get a lot more interesting.
P.S. - one reader brilliantly added QED, used at the end of logical proofs, meaning quod erat demonstandum (Lat., that which was to be shown). In quantum physics, it also means quantum electrodynamics, which also has interesting connotations.
I would also add that "Q" is shorthand frequently used by Lighting and Sound Operators, and computerized lighting and sounds boards to indicate when a change or effect is triggered - with interesting connotations.
I also forgot to mention "Max-Q," which is the point during a rocket launch where the rocket pitches over from perpendicular to the Earth's surface to parallel flight. The rocket experiences the maximum mechanical stresses at this point. It is the point when the shuttle Challenger exploded, and many other rockets disintegrated during the Space Age.
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**We do not recommend Wikipedia as a primary source, however it often has valuable leads linked in the RESOURCE section at the bottom of every page. These links are sometimes primary sources, or at least lead to them.
15.7.18
The Gospel According To Q
UPDATE 2: Joseph Farrell reminded me of the Quelle (Germ., "source") or Q-Source, or Q-Gospel theory in Biblical studies. It was a once-popular theory that common elements of the Gospels of Luke and Matthew represented a single, possibly oral original source. There are now seven separate, significant and meaningful references to the name "Q", some of which are listed herein, and others that are coming up in later posts. This is in keeping with my theory of multiple layers to the Q Phenomenon, where the same information means different things to different people. See our follow-up article.
As readers have surmised, I am intrigued if not alarmed by the Q phenomenon, which I believe to be a classic, though highly sophisticated psy-op. My two previous articles appear here and here.
What has captured my attention with this phenomenon is not only the sophistication of it, but also that it has often been very difficult to track them back to the precise moment at which they were launched.
Additionally, there is the resemblance to and connection with religion - primarily the Big Four (Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism) - both in the message of Q and in its means of propagation through the general culture.
My working hypothesis is that Q is the operational version of a test done in 2012, called Cicada 3301. I covered this in some detail in the last article, and will likely go deeper as I study and compare the two phenomena. Suffice it here to say they bear a number of relationships to each other, both in form and function.
If the reader has played along at home, then you have learned how Q works: Q posts "drops" and "crumbs" on 8chan, which are then picked up and analyzed by an inner circle called the Anons, who then propagate the message to an outer circle who make (primarily) YouTube videos that mostly repeat the official party line.
This bears more than a passing resemblance to the various major religions, in which an individual or group has a direct line to God, who in turn imparts a cryptic message that is passed to the inner circle of apostles. The apostles interpret the message and hand it to the outer circles (monks, priests, rabbis, imam, etc.), who in turn disseminate it amongst the flock.
The resemblance is rather remarkable. The central figure (Mohammad, Jesus, Siddartha, Moses) says or writes something that is usually highly encoded. The message requires interpretation and decoding by a close-knit group of true believers who understand the "rules" and "methods" for extracting the "true" meaning embedded in the otherwise scrambled text/mutterings.
The inner circle then hands the message off to the grass-roots leaders, whose job it is to develop followers that need to hear the message of hope/redemption/superiority in order for them to function in an otherwise insane, chaotic and meaningless world.
As noted in my previous musings, the name "Q" reminds me of a central demi-god character introduced into the Star Trek universe in the premier of The Next Generation, and which appeared in the Deep Space Nine and Voyager iterations. The character is based on one in the original series in an episode called the "The Squire of Gothos".
The character of Q has god-like powers and is part of a "collective" that is mostly unseen, but which is referred to on numerous occasions. This echoes the "parents" in the original series episode that introduced the model, as well as the "Q Collective" in later iterations. The conspiracy-minded folks among us might even think the Q character was softening us for the introduction of this phenomenon, which adds a whole extra dimension to this story.
In the extant Q phenomenon, the name ostensibly refers to Q-level security clearance, which is supposedly one of the highest in the US federal government. Whether that is true or not doesn't matter, nor is it important to this analysis. In my model, the important thing is the perception, more than the fact.
Q is said to be an individual, or possibly a group (collective), with god-like access to military intelligence and who is able to steer the behavior of the inner workings of the Deep State. Q can "see the future" - report on events that will happen - as well as give followers insight into current events in the socio-political machinations of government and headline events in the news.
The reader would do well to string together the various episodes of Star Trek that have the Q character in them, while watching the Q phenomenon. The parallels are rather interesting.
As Q drops crumbs on 8chan, the Anons - the apostles in our working model - go to work researching and free-associating on the texts, coming up with coherent narratives that reveal just how prescient, even omniscient, Q is. Think of this as a form of prophesy that is revealed to be Truth by its fulfillment in the future, especially when it is open to numerous interpretations of meaning.
It is at this point that I can't help but hear the words of Joseph P. Farrell, when he says that those who control the interpretation of prophesy, control its fulfillment. In fact, the similarities to religious prophesy are legion and worrisome.
The outer circle - or priesthood in my model - pick up the Anon interpretations, place them side-by-side with the Q drops, and run endless analyses along with their own insights. In fact, there even seems to be developing certain factions within the outer circle that are analogous to denominations within religious faiths.
What I find most remarkable in this model is that Q, just like its religious counterparts, preaches passivity and disdain.
Passivity because the followers are commanded to "enjoy the show," "get popcorn" and wait for "future proves the past." Just like the major religions, the central character will come in glory to pass judgement on the evil ones and the results will justify the means. The followers are commanded to take no actions themselves, but rather sit back and watch in amazement as the messiah traps evil in its own filth and confines it for all eternity (convict and jail the perps).
Just like the Biblical Book of Revelations and its various counterparts among the major religions, followers will be protected by their special knowledge during the Tribulation and Great Final Battle ("The Storm" in Q terms).
Once the prosecutions and convictions are done, there will be a Golden Age of Law and Order that will reign over the Earth, but Q commands us to be patient, as it takes time for these things to run their course.
The followers of Q also feel a certain superiority over the average Joe and especially the Evil Ones, and a disdain for those too blind to see or deaf to hear. They talk of the Great Conversion (Great Awakening a la Q) once all is revealed to the masses. They crow over the Spreading of the Word and the swelling subscription and hit counts. They pray fervently that folks will Get the Message (be Red Pilled), and join the passive Watch and Wait phase of The Plan.
"Trust the Plan!" This is one of the great commandments of Q. We are to uncritically accept that this hidden elite group of military intelligence knows what is best for all of us, and there is to be no dissension. Anyone who strays is ostracized (excommunicated) as a heretic.
The final parallel to religion is the development of the Q Theology. These amount primarily to "Proofs," where the Pope (Donald J. Trump) gives winks and nods to the Believers that he and Q are in direct proximity and communication in the government version of the Vatican called the White House. Trump was hand-picked by Q to be the Great Leader, an outsider of tremendous virtue who will take humanity out of the desert and into the Promised Land, where we will dwell amidst oceans of milk and honey where all will be revealed. One can almost hear Trump excusing himself for not being much of a public speaker and in need of his own Aaron at this point, but Q replies that the mantle is upon him and he must rise up and lead the Children of Israel.
One could easily place the Proofs in the same category as Augustine of Hippo's De Doctrina Christiana, or Thomas Aquinas' Summa Theologica. They serve to re-enforce the existence of Q, and veracity of the Word of Q. They also help establish the primacy of Q Theology over all preceding revelations.
It is difficult not to draw these comparisons between Q and religion, as many of the commentators include blatant religious messages as part of their faithful reporting. One must assume that this direct link to the major religions was an intentional design of the entity(ies) that created Q. Not only are there objective design elements between Q and successful religions, but its appeal to those with religious predispositions - or seeking a religious worldview - makes comparison inevitable.
The link between Q and Star Trek also seems intended to appeal to those with a more secular humanist - less mystical - viewpoint. If religion is not your thing, then perhaps the more secular link to science and logic will draw you in.
More into sports? How about Our Team versus Their Team? Prefer creative pursuits? How about creating your own Q merchandise? The Q name and quotes are public domain, so create away! Contemplative? Retreat to your Hermitage (parents' basement) and ponder the deeper meanings of Q.
Whatever your socio-cultural-religious bent, there seems to be an element of it in the Q phenomenon. Even if your only interest is solving puzzles like a Dan Brown character, Q is tailor-made to attract your attention.
In my view, Q is clearly "designed". It is not an organic outcropping of the culture, but something specifically manufactured to draw in as many people as possible. It is most certainly a psy-op - all the elements are there. Whether it is benign or not is a matter of argument, speculation and conjecture at this point; however, I would argue that anything which manipulates people's thinking without expressly stating that it is doing so is NOT benign.
To this author's mind, the underlying assumption of Q is that government is a necessary thing, though it can be bent to Good or Evil. For this reason, I find the whole thing suspicious, since I place no trust in government of any kind for any reason. Any socio-cultural movement that has only two possible sides is a product of the Hegelian Dialectic, and artificially limits the conversation to a choice where the author of the dialectic is the only winner.
In the end, the Q phenomenon is clearly what it appears to be - a new type of religious-style movement designed to placate/passify the masses and prevent a mass uprising while the factions of the Deep State hash out their differences. In other words, the Ruling Paradigm must be preserved and enforced, even as the Rulers figure out who will take the reins/reigns for the foreseeable future.
Though Q clearly labels certain elements as "White Hats," and others as "Black Hats," it is a value judgement that ultimately rests on the spectator's ability to reason critically. I personally make no distinction between the two sides, as they are both defending the same paradigm.
I personally opt for a third alternative that is notably abscent from this operation - that of self-government and individual responsibility. In the interest of full disclosure, my viewpoint is not a popular one, but it allows me a certain dispassion when analyzing things like Q.
That said, it does not ameliorate my suspicions, nor diffuse my curiosity and interest in watching this drama unfold. The sophistication of the design and the effectiveness of its dissemination in just the last nine months is a marvel of modern marketing. From a purely professional standpoint, I admire the marketing design and the fervor with which a great number of people have taken it up. If only Leni Riefenstahl were alive to see this, she would be green with envy.
Edward Bernays would be so proud of the creature he unleashed on an unsuspecting world.
4.7.18
Q The Conspiracy - A Phenomenon
With that bit of housekeeping out of the way, time to turn our piercing eye on this Q-anon thing. Perhaps you've seen the hashtags #Qanon or #WWG1WGA. Maybe you're passingly familiar with this phenomenon. If not, you're missing one of the most interesting internet memes I've ever seen, and I've been on the internet since before the web existed and there was any such thing as a browser.
I published an article a while back on the historical context of Q, and the phenomenon has gotten even more interesting since then. What is pushing the intrigue into hyperbolic orbit are the recent "drops" from Q that promise some real July fireworks that can stand as a test of the Q's claims.
To fully appreciate this phenomenon, you will need a primer, as the insiders have developed a kind of jargon. Many of the terms used by the Q-Anon come from a 1996 film called White Squall. Phrases like "where we go one, we go all" (WWG1WGA), "the storm" and several others are lifted directly from the script. Make of that what you will, but the fact remains.
Next, there are terms like "drops" (Q posts on 8chan - not 4chan), "proofs" (things Donald Trump does or says that ostensibly confirm Q's proximity to him), and "decodes" (the Anons decipher coded drops). It is at this point that I direct the gentle reader to familiarize himself with the Cicada 3301 phenomenon, which appears to be an early version of Q that I'll get into shortly.
The Anons are a secretive group of groupies that form a kind of priesthood. They "decode" Q drops, do some rather interesting research in the public domain, and issue clarifications and predictions based on the drops. A fictional allusion that would also fit the Anons are the Baker Street Irregulars who assisted Sherlock Holmes in gathering information.
A recent example of the proofs in action is the contention that on at least two occasions, Trump has spotted and acknowledged folks wearing Q t-shirts at rallies. Another is a posted photo claiming to be a reflection off the back of Trump's iPhone of a lamp in the office on Air Force One. Word is cryptic "proofs" like this help to avoid issues with national security laws.
So, here's the background so far:
Q began "drops" in late October of 2017, on an exclusive board on 8ch.net. According to legend, this appearance coincided with the Las Vegas massacre and all of the speculation over conspiracies, official and otherwise.
The legend holds that the US military was on the verge of a coup against Barack Obama and the Deep State cabal that had taken over the federal government, beginning with the Bush I presidency. Fearing that such a move would cause more problems than were manageable, the insiders decided to recruit Donald Trump as a "clean" outsider who could come in and "drain the swamp". Let's set aside the fact that this seems like an enormous Hail Mary pass, the thinking is that Trump was a popular icon of the American Dream - rags to riches, self-made billionaire, man of the people, etc.
The legend continues that the Hillary Clinton campaign bought into this plan - without being aware - thinking that Trump would be a cake walk opponent in the general elections. They did everything they could to both promote Trump as a viable candidate in the primaries, and to paint him as a buffoon, thus ensuring a Clinton victory in November 2016. The rest, as we know, is not legend. She lost.
What has ensued since then, according to Q Canon, is a massive covert war just under the public radar with the Bush-Clinton-Obama cabal on one side, aided and abetted by the GeezerMedia [my term], and Trump and his team on the other side. If you use your Little Orphan Annie Secret Decoder Ring found in your jar of Ovaltine, current events can certainly be interpreted to support this reading. But then, sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.
Now, if you are unfamiliar with Cicada 3301, it is well worth your time to read up on it, especially in light of Q-anon. In January 2012, a series of coded puzzles began appearing on various boards like 4chan and 8chan. They were extremely byzantine, requiring vast historical, cryptographic, computer, linguistic, and geographic knowledge and/or exceptional research skills. To date, no one knows (openly) who started Cicada 3301 or what the purpose was, though plenty of speculation goes to it being a recruiting tool, most likely for an alphabet organization within the 5-Eyes.
The more you learn about Cicada 3301, the more parallels you find to the Q-Anon phenomenon: encoded messages, research, a single source point, a bunch of cyber-jockeys going nuts with excitement. If you buy the entire Q-Anon legend, then the 2012 start date wuld seem oddly coincidental with a purposed military coup during the Obama regime - particularly Round 2 - and the hatching of a plan like this one to "red-pill" the masses.
The plan would be easy to dismiss without someone in the presidency willing to throw the power of the office behind it. Otherwise, it could be easily dismissed as just more conspiracy theory noise. Cicada 3301 recruited the Anon teams and put them in place, and Trump is certainly theatrical enough, with an appropriate poker face, to pull off a public narrative that is bread and circuses, while covertly running a massive operation to take down nefarious elements within the federal government.
All circumstantial, I grant you, but at what point does the evidence pile up high enough to be taken seriously?
So, here's where things stand at the moment:
- Mass resignations of Congressional Representatives and Senators, as well as CEOs of major companies (think Google);
- thousands of arrests of child porn and sex rings (PizzaGate figures heavily into the legend, see John Podesta WekiLeaks email);
- ANTIFA and their ilk; 24/7 bashing of the Trump administration in the GeezerMedia;
- sweeping replacements of activist judges and Attorneys General across the country;
- complete clean-out of upper management in key federal agencies;
- the latest hubbub over Imran Awan plea deal and what - exactly - the feds got in return (think servers and Seth Rich).
The list goes on, but you get the idea. And it's not limited to the US, as Hungary, Austria, Italy, Germany and other countries have turned sharply to the nationalist/populist camp, as well. These are facts. How you interpret them is up to you.
The Q phenomenon started off quietly enough. Q is purportedly an individual or group close to the president using 8chan to send leads to information ("crumbs") that is publicly available though ignored by the GeezerMedia. It requires slow dissemination and grass-roots realization to initiate the "Great Awakening," also known as "red pilling," in order to side-step shock and backlash.
If you are a fan of spy novels and you aren't following the Q-Anon story, you are missing probably one of the greatest plots ever conceived. Honestly, whether you buy into Q-Anon or not, it is addictive. Are the Black Hats really bad? Are the White Hats really good? Do you know what you think you know? Is Q real? Does Trump sanction Q? Will the Deep State actually be sent up the creek in public trials that will make Watergate look like a Sunday picnic? Stay tuned...!
There are surprising plot twists, shocking revelations and nefarious characters who threaten the entire planet. There's high technology and boots on the ground. Answers are hiding directly in front of you, but only future revelations will make the current situation clear. As Q likes to say, "The future proves the past." Will the stunning predictions come to pass, or will the whole thing crumble into a footnote of internet history?
I might be tempted to dismiss the whole thing, except that I bought into Clif High's webbots years ago. As anyone who has followed his work over the years knows, the Secrets Revealed meme has played a starring role in the ALTA reports for more than five years. The Q phenomenon fits almost perfectly into those predictions, in a way and with language that seems to eerily presage the form and function of Q-Anon.
This is one of the most sophisticated media campaigns I have ever witnessed. It is entirely free, using open resources on the internet. It relies entirely on a growing underground of folk "in the know" to take the meme viral. It appeals to a broad demographic spectrum, who come at it from many varying points of view. People have invested vast amounts of their own time and money into promoting the phenomenon. It is, well...at the risk of sounding hyperbolic, one of the most amazing media phenomena I have seen in my 40+ years as a media professional.
If you are a psychologist, sociologist, demographer, marketing/PR professional, cryptographer, MBA, media specialist, or just a fan of human behavior, and you are not following the Q-Anon phenomenon, you are missing what will likely become a case study of mythic proportions that will fill textbooks for years to come. Viral campaigns of the past only wish they had achieved this kind of interest and devotion.
If you are just joining the fun, don't worry. The whole thing seems to be building to a huge climax in the near- to mid-term (October Surprise?), and by the time it hits the mainstream, you will have missed much of the "pure" development - before it becomes clouded with truck-loads of academic gobbledy-gook and political spin.
Looking for a great summer novel for the beach or lake house? Just type Qanon into your favorite search engine and settle in for some fascinating clicking.
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