In a very blunt sense, Qanon, insane as its specific assertions are, isn't wrong. Elite culture may not be dominated by Satan-worshipping pedophiles with space lasers made by Jews, but there is a kind of nihilism in which ego, greed, and will to power are simply accepted as normative as the main motivating driving forces in politics, business, and media. Mythologizing that nihilism by way of demonizing it in conspiracy theories takes what is kinda true and twists it into something that isn't, but that doesn't mean that the kinda true part of it can be dismissed because of the crazy way it's being distorted.
The Failure of Democracy is the Failure of Elites
In a very blunt sense, Qanon, insane as its specific assertions are, isn't wrong. Elite culture may not be dominated by Satan-worshipping pedophiles with space lasers made by Jews, but…
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