{"id":34641,"date":"2018-05-31T09:52:06","date_gmt":"2018-05-31T14:52:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=34641"},"modified":"2018-05-31T09:52:06","modified_gmt":"2018-05-31T14:52:06","slug":"the-real-revolution-has-nothing-to-do-with-donald-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=34641","title":{"rendered":"The Real Revolution Has Nothing To Do With Donald\u00a0Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Real Revolution Has Nothing To Do With Donald\u00a0Trump<\/a><\/h3>\n
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It\u2019s been a weird last couple of days. I wrote an article<\/a> about WikiLeaks\u2019 dismissal of \u201cQAnon\u201d, the anonymous 8chan poster that hundreds of thousands of conspiracy newbies believe is sharing secret, coded information about Donald Trump\u2019s heroic war against the US deep state.<\/p>\n

Ever since I hit publish I\u2019ve been getting a bunch of angry Q enthusiasts in my social media notifications accusing me of being a shill for the establishment. Because I don\u2019t believe someone who says that we should all trust the President of the United States. Blind faith in the executive branch of the US government is anti-establishment now.<\/p>\n

As bizarre as these interactions have been, they are still vastly more pleasant than my typical interactions with the faction I see as QAnon\u2019s mirror image, the Russiagaters. Though enthusiasts of the Russiagate conspiracy theory are far more nasty and vituperative than the Q crowd, there are many similarities. Like QAnon, Russiagate is fueled by about ten percent information and ninety percent desperate need to believe. Like QAnon, Russiagate is so thinly substantiated it doesn\u2019t begin to look legitimate until you\u2019ve spent weeks crawling down the rabbit holes of its bulletproof echo chambers and squinting just right at everything you see until it feels true. Like QAnon, the evangelists of Russiagate center their revolutionary sentiment around President Donald Trump. Like QAnon, they shouldn\u2019t.<\/p>\n

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Trump campaigned on a non-interventionist policy. Thus far what that looks like is increasing US military presence in Syria and Afghanistan, edging toward direct confrontation with Russia, and pushing regime\u00a0change in Iran. But it’s all 4-D chess against the deep state, right?<\/p>\n