Researching malign influence campaigns one finds some interesting threads looking back through historical records. With Q most of the threads are full of inauthentic leads meant to capture interest, lies and direct researchers down rabbit holes similar to the mind-altering unsolvable clues hidden within Q-drops. Then at times there are some confirmations of things along with a gem or two.
In this thread we have a key QAnon threader Char that generally does this stuff with Thomas Schoenberger, Em (ErieMom) whose name given by others isn’t too likely her actual name, and key protagonist, Louise Mensch.
Let’s weigh in on some things here.
Char’s point about the relevancy to QAnon’s origin is how most people looking at the problem of how Russian disinformation bleeding into their lives impacts them personally. It’s a valid perspective for that reason.
The answer to the origins is that versions of the Q persona date back decades within Russia’s Western propaganda push on social media. Mike Flynn was chosen to run a closer American version of the PsyOp to build a Russian supportive Fifth column, then direct that mass of people at the US Capitol to choke democracy off at the throat.
He failed, was pardoned, tried to do the Op as himself, with truckers meant to siege DC, and instead got “lucky” in Ottawa, Canada before ever succeeding to do the same in the US.
Third time, which is currently happening, is Elon running the radicalization program openly as himself with the end-target likely being stuff in 2024.
There are no lost drops, just Doug Matthew Stewart, the original StewAnon, working to hijack ownership as he also did with Spicci’s theShed, theResistance, MicroChip, and RickyVaughn attracting Federal investigative scrutiny.
Louise does make a strong point about ‘her org’ weaponizing things found in research to add to QAnon’s conspiratorial fabric. They pull in anything that might remotely hook people’s attention enough to direct them towards radicalization funnels (rabbit holes) hoping to start the full process towards extremism. The braintrust behind creating “activities,” puzzles, and clues pulled source material in from across pop culture, with themes such as the Matrix, Alice In Wonderland being heavily played purposefully by promoters and disinformation mules.
Mensch is also correct that QAnon is ultimately a Russian originated operation, save Americans and Europeans took over and ran it on behalf of our adversaries that created it originally over two decades ago without gaining traction or interest.
She also is correct in a sense about Trump’s campaign leveraging narrative, in that born out of necessity Pizza was added to the core ‘Democrats and Hollywood elite are pedophiles’ conspiracy.