Umthombo: I-Atlantic
Ukube ubungumlandeli, akekho obezokwazi ukusho. Ubungafana nanoma yimuphi omunye umMelika. Ungaba ngumama, ucosha okusalile epuletini lengane yakho. Ungaba insizwa ephethe ama-headphone ngaphesheya komgwaqo. Ungaba usobhuku, udokotela wamazinyo, ugogo opheka amakhekhe ekhishini lakhe. Ungase ube nenhlangano yesonto labavangeli. Kodwa kunzima ukukubona ngendlela obukeka ngayoโokuyinto enhle, ngoba ngolunye usuku maduze amandla amnyama angase azame ukukulandela. Uyaqonda ukuthi lokhu kuzwakala njengokuhlanya, kodwa awunandaba. Uyazi ukuthi iqembu elincane lama-manipulators, elisebenza emthunzini, lidonsa izintambo zeplanethi. Uyazi ukuthi banamandla ngokwanele ukuhlukumeza izingane ngaphandle kokwesaba ukujeziswa. Uyazi ukuthi abezindaba abajwayelekile bayizigqila zabo, ngokubambisana no-Hillary Clinton kanye ne-denizens eyimfihlo yesifunda esijulile. Uyazi ukuthi nguDonald Trump kuphela omi phakathi kwakho nomhlaba olahliwe futhi ocekeleke phansi. Ubona isifo kanye nesifo esiwumshayabhuqe sishanela iplanethi, futhi uqonde ukuthi kuyingxenye yesu. Uyazi ukuthi ukungqubuzana phakathi kokuhle nokubi akunakugwenywa, futhi ulangazelela ukuvuka Okukhulu okuzayo. Ngakho-ke kufanele uqaphe ngaso sonke isikhathi. Kumele uvikele izindlebe zakho ekwedelweni ngabangazi. Kumele uthole abafana nawe. Futhi kufanele ulungele ukulwa.
I. UGENESISE
Imvelaphi ye- I-QAnon yakamuva, kodwa noma kunjalo, ukuhlukanisa inganekwane neqiniso kungaba nzima. Indawo eyodwa okufanele siqale ngayo ikanye no-Edgar Maddison Welch, ubaba wezingane ezimbili oyithanda kakhulu inkolo, okwaze kwaba yiSonto, ngoDisemba 4, 2016, ephila impilo engavamile edolobheni elincane laseSalisbury, eNyakatho Carolina. Ngalolo suku ekuseni, u-Welch wathatha umakhalekhukhwini wakhe, ibhokisi lamagobolondo ezibhamu, kanye nezibhamu ezintathu ezigcweleโisibhamu sohlobo lwe-9-mm AR-15, isibhamu esinezibhamu eziyisithupha esingu-.38 โcaliber Colt, kanye nesibhamuโwagxumela kuToyota Prius yakhe. Washayela amakhilomitha angu-360 eya endaweni ehlala kahle eNorthwest Washington, DC; upake imoto yakhe; faka ivolovolo embotsheni enqulwini; ephethe isibhamu i-AR-15 esifubeni sakhe; futhi wangena ngomnyango wangaphambili wepizza ebizwa ngokuthi iComet Ping Pong.
Ngalolo suku, abantu bamqaphela uWelch ngaso leso sikhathi. Isibhamu se-AR-15 senza i-sash ebonakalayo ezindaweni eziningi zomphakathi, kodwa ikakhulukazi endaweni efana ne-Comet. Njengoba abazali, izingane kanye nabasebenzi bephuthuma ngaphandle, abaningi besahlafuna, u-Welch waqala ukuhamba endaweni yokudlela, ngesinye isikhathi ezama ukusebenzisa ummese webhotela ukuvula umnyango okhiyiwe, ngaphambi kokuba ayeke futhi adubule amahlandla ambalwa esibhamuni sakhe aye esikhumbeni. khiya. Ngemuva kwesicabha kwakunekhabethe elincane eligcina ikhompyutha. Lokhu kwakungesikho ayekulindele.
UWelch wayeye eWashington ngenxa yethiyori yozungu eyaziwa, manje edume ngokuthi iPizzagate, eyayithi uHillary Clinton wayekhipha indandatho yocansi yengane kuComet Ping Pong. Umbono waqalwa ngo-Okthoba 2016, lapho i-WikiLeaks yenza umphakathi inqwaba yama-imeyili ezebiwe ku-akhawunti kaJohn Podesta, owayeyisikhulu se-White House futhi kamuva waba usihlalo womkhankaso wobumongameli kaClinton; Inkanyezi enomsila yashiwo ngokuphindaphindiwe ekuhwebeni kukaPodesta nomnikazi wendawo yokudlela, uJames Alefantis, nabanye. Ama-imeyili ayemayelana nemicimbi yokuqongelela imali, kodwa izibalo eziphakeme zikaDonald Trump ezifana noMike Cernovich kanye no-Alex Jones zaqala ukuhambisa isimangaloโesasuka emakhoneni e-inthanethi (njenge-4chan) sabe sesisakazekela ezindaweni ezifinyeleleka kalula ( Twitter, YouTube)โlokho ama-imeyili ayewubufakazi bokuhlukunyezwa kwezingane okuyisiko. Abanye abacwaningi bozungu bagomela ngokuthi lokhu bekwenzeka endaweni engaphansi eComet, lapho kungekho khona igumbi elingaphansi. Izinkomba kuma-imeyili ezithi โpizzaโ kanye โne-pastaโ zazikhona ahunyushwe njengamagama ekhodi ethi โamantombazaneโ kanye โnabafana abancane.โ
UWelch ubonakala ekholelwa ngobuqotho ukuthi izingane zazigcinwe eComet Ping Pong. Umkhaya wakhe nabangane babhalela ijaji izincwadi bemmelela, bemchaza njengobaba ozinikezele, umKristu oshisekayo, nendoda eyenza konke okusemandleni ayo ukuze inakekele abanye. UWelch wayeqeqeshwe njengesicishi-mlilo esiyivolontiya. Wayeye ohambweni lokuphendula ukuzamazama komhlaba eHaiti neNhlangano Yamadoda YaseBaptist yendawo. Umngane wesonto lakhe wabhala, โUbonisa izenzo zomuntu olwela ukufunda iqiniso leBhayibheli futhi alisebenzise.โ UWelch ngokwakhe wazwakalisa lokho okwakubonakala njengokuzisola kwangempela, ethi encwadini ebhalwe ngesandla ebhalwe abameli bakhe phambi kwejaji: โKwakungeyona inhloso yami ukulimaza noma ukwesabisa ukuphila kwabantu abangenacala, kodwa manje ngiyabona ukuthi isinqumo sami sasiwubuwula nobudedengu kangakanani.โ Ube kade ugwetshwe iminyaka emine ejele.
Nakuba u-Welch kungenzeka ukuthi uzwakalise ukuzisola, akazange abonise ukuthi useyekile ukukholelwa umlayezo oyisisekelo we-Pizzagate: ukuthi i-cabal yama-elite anamandla yayihlukumeza izingane futhi ibaleke nakho. Ngokubheka ukwanda komsebenzi ku-inthanethi, abanye abaningi bathole izindlela zokudlulela ngale kwesiqephu seComet Ping Pong futhi bahlale begxile kulokho abakubona njengeqiniso elikhudlwana. Uma unake amazwi alungile kumawebhusayithi alungile, ubungabona ngesikhathi sangempela ukuthi izakhiwo eziyinhloko ze-Pizzagate zazigaywa kanjani kabusha, zibuyekezwa, futhi zihunyushwe kabusha. Izigidi zabantu ezinaka amasayithi afana ne-4chan ne-Reddit zingaqhubeka nokufunda ngaleyo cabal eyimfihlo futhi engathintwa; ngezenzo nezinhloso zayo ezimbi; mayelana nezibopho zayo ophikweni lwesokunxele futhi ikakhulukazi kumaDemocrats futhi ikakhulukazi kuClinton; mayelana nokunxanela kwayo igazi nokuwohloka kwayo kokuziphatha. Ungase futhiโfuthi lokhu kungabonakala kubalulekileโukufunda ngeqembu elincane kodwa elivuvukalayo labashisekeli bomhlaba baseMelika abalwela ukuziphindiselela.
Eminyakeni eyisishiyagalolunye kamuva, njengoba kwavela imibiko yegciwane elisha elesabekayo, futhi njengoba uTrump manje engumongameli, uchungechunge lwemibono lwaqala ukuvungama emphakathini we-QAnon: ukuthi i-coronavirus ingahle ingabi ngokoqobo; ukuthi uma bekunjalo, yayidalwe โisimo esijulile,โ igumbi lezinkanyezi lezikhulu zikahulumeni kanye nabanye abantu abavelele abaphatha umhlaba ngokuyimfihlo; ukuthi isiyaluyalu esizungeze lo bhubhane sasiyingxenye yetulo lokulimaza amathuba kaTrump okukhethwa kabusha; nokuthi izikhulu zemithombo yezindaba bezijabulela isibalo sabashonile. Eminye yale mibono ingenza indlela yayo kuFox News futhi enkulumeni kamongameli emphakathini. Kusukela ngasekupheleni konyaka odlule, ngokusho kuka I-New York Times, uTrump wayenakho ama-akhawunti abhalwe kabusha avame ukugxila emibonweni yozungu, kuhlanganise naleyo ka-QAnon, okungenani izikhathi ezingu-145..
I-QAnon iwuphawu lokuthambekela kweMelika yanamuhla emibonweni yozungu, kanye nomdlandla wayo ngayo. Kodwa futhi sekuvele kungaphezulu kakhulu kweqoqo elixegayo lezakhamuzi zegumbi lengxoxo elinozungu. Kuyinhlangano ehlangene ekwenqatshweni okukhulu kwesizathu, umgomo, namanye amanani okukhanya. Futhi cishe sesiseduze nesiqalo sendaba yayo kunesiphetho. Iqembu lisebenzisa i-paranoia ethembeni elijulile nomuzwa ojulile wokuba ngowabanye. Indlela eliphefumula ngayo ekukhathazekeni kwasendulo ngezikhathi zokuphela nakho kuyintsha kakhulu. Ukubheka i-QAnon ukubona hhayi nje inkolelo-mbono yozungu kodwa ukuzalwa kwenkolo entsha.
Abalandeli be-QAnon basatshwa ngokuhlasela ngonya abangabazayo ku-inthanethi kanye nokugqugquzela udlame lomzimba. Vuliwe ibhodi le-Reddit elisangasebenzi manje elinikezelwe ku-QAnon, abaphawula bakujabulele ukuchaza isiphetho esingaba khona sikaClinton. Omunye wabhala: โKuyangimangaza ukuthi akekho oseke wambulala ngokwethembeka.โ Omunye: โIzinkabi ziklebhula isidumbu sakhe esibolile sibe yizicucu.โ Okwesithathu: โNgifuna ukubona igazi lakhe lithulula ama-gutters!โ
Ngesikhathi ngikhuluma noClinton muva nje ngo-QAnon, uthe, โNgivele ngingene ngaphansi kwesikhumba sabo ngokungafaniyo noma ubani omunye ... Ukube bengingenaso isivikelo seSecret Service eposini lami, ngithola izinto ezixakile, ngilandelela izinsongo engibhekene nazoโeziseziningi kakhuluโbengingakhathazeka.โ Usebonile ukuthi iqiniso elisunguliwe lapho ososayensi bozungu abambeka khona akuwona umkhathi ofanayo oyinqaba kodwa empeleni lowo obumba owethu. Ebhekise ekusebenzeni kokunyathela nge-inthanethi, uClinton uthe, "Angicabangi ukuthi kuze kube muva nje abantu abaningi baqonde ukuthi bahleleke kahle kangakanani, nokuthi zingaki izingxenye ezihlukene zesu labo abazenzile."
II. ISAMBULO
Ngo-Okthoba 28, i-2017, umsebenzisi ongaziwa manje osekuyaziwa kabanzi ngokuthi โQโ uvele okokuqala ku-4chan, okuyibhodi lezithombe elaziwa ngama-memes asabekayo, izithombe ezigulayo, nesiko lokubhidliza elinonya. U-Q ubikezele ukuboshwa okuseduze kuka-Hillary Clinton kanye nokuvukela umbuso okunodlame ezweni lonke, ebhala lokhu:
Ukukhishwa kwe-HRC sekuqalile ukusebenza izolo namazwe amaningana uma kwenzeka uwela umngcele. Iphasipoti ligunyazwe ukuthi limakwe kusukela ngomhlaka-10/30 ngo-12:01am. Lindela izibhelu ezinkulu ezihlelwe ngokudelela kanye nezinye ezibalekela e-US ukuthi zenzeke. I-US M izoqhuba umsebenzi ngenkathi i-NG icushiwe. Ukuhlola ubufakazi: Thola ilungu le-NG bese ubuza ukuthi licushiwe yini emsebenzini 10/30 kuwo wonke amadolobha amakhulu.
Bese kuthi:
U-Mockingbird HRC uboshiwe, akakaboshwa (okwamanje). Uphi uHuma? Landela uHuma. Lokhu akuhlangene ne-Russia (okwamanje). Kungani uPotus ezungeza ojenene? Buyini ubuhlakani bezempi? Kungani uzungeza ama-ejensi wezinhlamvu ezi-3? Iliphi icala leNkantolo Ephakeme elivumela ukusetshenziswa kwe-MI v Congressional ehlangene futhi egunyaziwe ejensi? Ubani onegunya elikhulu phezu kwamagatsha ethu ezimo zokugunyazwa kwezempi ngaphandle kokuthi i-90+ isesimweni sempi? Ithini ikhodi yezempi? I-AW ibanjelwe kuphi? Kungani? IPOTUS ngeke ingene kumabonakude ikhulume nesizwe. U-POTUS kumelwe azihlukanise ukuze avimbele ukubonakala okunegethivu. U-POTUS wayazi ukuthi ukususa izinto ezinobugebengu njengesinyathelo sokuqala kwakubalulekile ukuze kukhululwe futhi kuphasiswe umthetho. Ubani okwazi ukufinyelela yonke into ehlukanisiwe? Uyakholelwa ukuthi i-HRC, i-Soros, i-Obama njll inamandla angaphezu kukaTrump? Amaphupho. Noma ngubani olawula ihhovisi likaMongameli ulawula lo mhlaba omkhulu. Abakaze bakholwe nakancane ukuthi (amaDemocrats namaRepublican) bazolahlekelwa ukulawula. Lena akuyona impi ye-R v D. Kungani uSoros enikele ngayo yonke imali yakhe muva nje? Kungani ebeka zonke izimali zakhe ku-RC? Mockingbird 10.30.17 UNkulunkulu abusise amaPatriot akanye nawo.
UClinton akaboshwanga ngo-Okthoba 30, kodwa lokho akuzange kumthene amandla u-Q, owaqhubeka nokuthumela izibikezelo ezishaqisayo nezimfumbe ezifihlekileโngeziqondiso ezinjengokuthi โThola isithombe esibukwayo ngaphakathi kwenqabaโโngokuvamile ebhalwe ngendlela yeziqephu ezikhangayo nemibuzo engacacile. U-Q wakwenza kwacaca ukuthi wayefuna abantu bakholwe ukuthi uyisikhulu sezobunhloli noma isikhulu sezempi esine-Q clearance, izinga lokufinyelela olwazini oluyimfihlo oluhlanganisa ukwakheka kwezikhali zenuzi nokunye okubucayi kakhulu. (ngisebenzisa he ngoba abalandeli abaningi be-Q benza kanjalo, nakuba u-Q engaziwaโngakho-ke โQAnon.โ) Iphimbo lika-Q liwuzungu kuze kube nephuzu elithi: โNgikhulume kakhulu,โ kanye โLandela imali,โ kanye nokuthi โEzinye izinto kufanele zihlale zihlukaniswa. kuze kube sekupheleni.โ
Okungase kuphelelwe amandla njenge-screed enesizungu ebhodini lesithombe esisodwa kunalokho kwavusa intshiseko. Iphrofayili yayo ithuthukisiwe, ngokusho kukaBrandy Zadrozny noBen Collins be-NBC News, ngabaqambi bozungu abambalwa ukukhushulwa kwabo kwe-Q kwasiza ukwakha amaphrofayili abo aku-inthanethi. Njengamanje, cishe iminyaka emithathu selokhu kwavela imilayezo yokuqala ka-Q, sekunezinkulungwane zalokho abalandeli bakhe abakubiza ngokuthi โQ dropsโโimiyalezo ethunyelwa emabhodini ezithombe ngu-Q. Usebenzisa โi-tripcodeโ evikelwe ngokuyimfihlo, uchungechunge lwezinhlamvu nezinombolo. kubonakala kwabanye abasebenzisi bebhodi lesithombe ukuze babonise ukuqhubeka kobunikazi bakhe ngokuhamba kwesikhathi. (I-Tripcode ka-Q ishintshile ngezikhathi ezithile, okubangela ukuqagela.) Njengoba u-Q esuke ebhodini lesithombe ukuya kwelandelayoโisuka ku-4chan yaya ku-8chan iya ku-8kun, ifuna itheku eliphephileโabalandeli be-QAnon bazinikele kakhulu. Uma i-inthanethi ingumgodi owodwa kanogwaja omkhulu oqukethe izimbobo zonogwaja eziphindaphindekayo, i-QAnon ngandlela thize isizitholele phansi zonke, idla amathiyori amancane wozungu njengoba kuqhubeka.
Abantu abathathe u-Q ngenhliziyo bathanda ukusho ukuthi bebenakile kwasekuqaleni, ngendlela umuntu angazishaya isifuba ngayo ngokuthi wake walalela iRadiohead phambilini. Amagoba. Isithembiso sokwazi kusengaphambili siyingxenye yesikhalazo sika-Q, kanye nomuzwa wokuba ingxenye yomphakathi oyimfihlo, oqiniswa ngokusebenzisa ama-akhronimi nemishwana eyisiko njengokuthi โAkukho okungavimba okuzayoโ kanye โThemba uhlelo.โ
Ibinzana elilodwa elisebenza njengetshe lokuhlola elikhethekile phakathi kwabalandeli be-QAnon โukuzola ngaphambi kwesiphepho.โ U-Q uqale wayisebenzisa ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ngemuva kokuthunyelwe kwakhe kokuqala, futhi yafika inomlando othize. Ngobusuku bangomhla zi-5 kuMfumfu wezi-2017โkungekudala ngaphambi kokuba u-Q azazise ku-4chanโuMongameli uTrump wema eduze kukankosikazi wokuqala endaweni evulekile enabaholi bezempi abaphezulu abangaba ngu-20 nabashade nabo ukuze bathole isithombe eGumbini Lezokudlela Likahulumeni i-White House. Izintatheli bezimenywe ukuthi zizobukela njengoba izihambeli zikaTrump zifika zimamatheka. UTrump wayebonakala engakwazi ukuyeka ukukhuluma. โNiyazi ukuthi lokhu kumelelani?โ ebuza ngesinye isikhathi, elandela umbuthano ongaphelele emoyeni ngomunwe wokukhomba. โSitshele, mnumzane,โ kuphendula omunye owayebukele. Impendulo kamongameli ibe ngokweneliseka, emngceleni wokudweba: "Mhlawumbe ukuzola ngaphambi kwesiphepho."
"Kungaba ukuzola - ukuzola ngaphambi kwesiphepho," kusho uTrump futhi. Ukuphindaphinda kwakhe kwabonakala kunethonya elikhulu. Umsindo wezivalo zamakhamera wakhula kakhulu.
Izintatheli zaphikelela: โIsiphi isivunguvungu, Mnu.
Impendulo efushane evela kuTrump: "Uzothola."
Leyo mizuzwana engama-37 yokungaqondakali kukamongameli yaba sematheni ngaso leso sikhathiโubudlelwano ne-Iran bebushubile ezinsukwini ezisanda kwedlulaโkodwa futhi buzoba yindaba eyisisekelo kulabo ababengabalandeli baka-Q. Ukuthinta kwesandla sikamongameli okuyindilinga kuyathakazelisa kakhulu kubo. Ungase ucabange ukuthi ubekhombisa i-semicircle eyayimzungezile, bathi, kodwa wayedweba uhlamvu. Q emoyeni. Ingabe uTrump wayedlala indima kaJohane uMbhapathizi, ememezela okwakuza? Ingabe nguye ngokwakhe ogcotshiweyo?
Akwenzeki ukwazi inombolo yabalandeli be-QAnon nganoma ikuphi ukunemba, kodwa amazinga ayakhula. Okungenani amakhandidethi angu-35 amanje noma angaphambilini ekhongolose amukele i-Q, ngokuya ngezibalo eziku-inthanethi zenhlangano eqhubekayo engenzi nzuzo ye-Media Matters for America. Labo makhandidethi baye bancoma ngokuqondile i-QAnon esidlangalaleni noma ngokuvumayo babhekisela iziqubulo ze-QAnon. (Oyedwa ongenele ukhetho kuCongress, uMatthew Lusk waseFlorida, uhlanganisa QAnon ngaphansi kwesigaba "sezinkinga" sewebhusayithi yakhe yomkhankaso, ebuza umbuzo: "Ngubani Q?โ) I-QAnon manje isingenile kuzo zonke izinkundla zokuxhumana nezohwebo kanye nanoma yiziphi izingosi eziwumngcele. UTracy Diaz, umvangeli wakwa-QAnon, owaziwa ku-inthanethi ngegama TracyBeanz, inabalandeli abangu-185,000 ku-Twitter kanye nababhalisile be-YouTube abangaphezu kuka-100,000. Usize ukuphakamisa i-QAnon kusukela ekusithekeni, wenza kube lula ukuguqukela kwayo ekubeni yimithombo yezokuxhumana evamile. (Umsakazi uchaze u-Diaz โnjengoyimfihlo ngempelaโ futhi wenqaba izicelo zengxoxo.) Ku-TikTok, amavidiyo ane-hashtag ethi #QAnon azuze ukubukwa okuyizigidi. Maningi kakhulu amaqembu e-Facebook we-QAnon, amaningi awo amadolobha ayizipoki, ukubala kahle, kodwa asebenza kakhulu ashicilela izinkulungwane zezinto usuku ngalunye. (Ngo-2018, I-Reddit ivimbele amaqembu e-QAnon endaweni yawo yokugqugquzela udlame.)
Abalandeli bahlale bebheka izimpawu ezivela phezulu, amapayipi ukuze bathole ama-portents lapho umhlahlandlela ovela ku-Q uqobo ungekho. I-coronavirus, ngokwesibonelo-isho ukuthini? Emaqenjini amaningana amakhulu e-Facebook, abantu baqubuke isiphithiphithi sokuqagela, basakaza umbono wokuthi isinqumo sikaTrump sokugqoka uthayi ophuzi esithangamini saseWhite House mayelana naleli gciwane sasiwuphawu lokuthi lokhu kuqubuka bekungelona iqiniso: โUyasho. kithi abukho usongo lwegciwane ngoba umbala ofanayo ncamashi nefulegi lasolwandle elimele umkhumbi awunabo abantu abanaleli gciwane emkhunjini,โ othile. ubhale eposini lokho kwabelwa kabanzi futhi ihlanganiswe kabusha ezinkundleni zokuxhumana. Ezinsukwini ezintathu ngaphambi kokuthi iWorld Health Organisation imemezele ngokusemthethweni i-coronavirus njengobhubhane, uTrump wayephinda abhale kabusha i-QAnon-themed meme. โUbani owaziyo ukuthi kusho ukuthini lokhu, kodwa kuzwakala kumnandi kimi!โ umongameli wabhala ngoMashi 8, ukwabelana ngesithombe sakhe esifakwe esithombeni sakhe edlala ivayolini embozwe ngamagama athi โAkukho okungavimba okuzayo.โ
U-Anthony Fauci, umqondisi wesikhathi eside weNational Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, usephenduke inhlekisa kubalandeli be-QAnon abangazithandi izindaba ezimbi azilethayo noma indlela aphikise ngayo uTrump esidlangalaleni. Kwesinye isithangami sabezindaba ngoMashi, UTrump ubize uMnyango Wezwe ngokuthi "uMnyango Wezwe Elijulile," futhi uFauci wayebonakala ehlombe likamongameli, ecindezela uhleko futhi ezimboze ubuso. Ngaleso sikhathi, u-QAnon wayesememezele ukuthi u-Fauci usenkingeni ngendlela engenakutholakala, ngoba i-WikiLeaks yayithole ipheya lama-imeyili awathumele encoma u-Hillary Clinton ngo-2012 nango-2013. Imizwa ngoFauci phakathi kwabalandeli be-QAnon ezinkundleni zokuxhumana isukela kokuthi โFauci is a Deep State puppetโ kuya ku-โFAUCI BLACKHAT!!!โโigama elithi QAnon elisetshenziswa kubantu abeseka i-cabal embi u-Q axwayisa ngayo. Umuntu oyedwa, usebenzisa ama-hashtag athi #DeepStateCabal kanye nethi #Qanon, kuTwitter lokhu: โBuka izimpawu zezandla zikaFauci kanye nolimi lomzimba ezingqungqutheleni zabezindaba. Ukhuluma ngani?โ Omunye wabe isithombe sika-Fauci emi endaweni yokusebenzela no-Barack Obama, namagama-ncazo athi โObama kanye 'noDkt.' Fauci elebhu edala i-coronovirus [sic]. #DeepstateDoctor.โ UMnyango Wezobulungiswa usanda kugunyaza izindlela zokuphepha ezikhulisiwe zikaFauci ngenxa yomthetho ukwanda kwezinsongo ezibhekiswe kuye.
Ezinsukwini zokugcina ngaphambi kokuthi iCongress iphasise iphakethe lokusiza kwezomnotho elingama-dollar ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezimbili ngasekupheleni kukaMashi, amaDemocrats aphikelela ekuhlinzekeni okuzokwenza kube lula ukuthi abantu bavote ngeposi, okwenza u-Q ngokwakhe ukuthi acabange ngokudangala: โLaba bantu bayagula! Akukho okungavimba okuzayo. Lutho.โ
III. AMAKHOLWA
NgoLwesine olubanda amathambo ekuqaleni kukaJanuwari, isixuku sasivuvukala edolobheni laseToledo, e-Ohio. Ngesikhathi sesidlo sasemini, amahora ayisikhombisa ngaphambi kokuqala kwe- Umhlangano wokuqala kaTrump womkhankaso wonyaka omusha, ulayini wokungena eHuntington Centre wawusuvele uzungeza amabhulokhi amabili edolobha. Umoya wawusebenza ngogesi, futhi yonke indawo yayinomoya we-Jimmy Buffett-meets-Michigan Militia: abantu abaningi abamhlophe, ukuhwamuka okuningi, okubomvu-okumhlophe nokuluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka yonke into. Ngaphansi komgwaqo, othile wayenamathisele isibhengezo esiyizitezi ezimbili phezu kwesakhiwo sezitini esishile. Yayifundeka kanje: umongameli trump, wamukelekile e-toledo, e-Ohio: ubani q โฆ ubuhlakani bezempi? q+? (โQ+โ isifinyezo se-QAnon sikaTrump ngokwakhe.) Abathengisi emcimbini bebethengisa izinkinobho nezikibha zika-Q. Izimpahla ze-QAnon ziza ngezinhlobonhlobo ezinkulu; ku-inthanethi, ungathenga ikhofi Elikhulu Lokuvusa ($14.99) namasongo e-QAnon anezintelezi zepizza esiliva ezincane ($20.17).
U-Shock wazalelwa e-Ohio futhi akazange ashiye, โumbulali,โ njengoba ekubeka. Wayesebenze efektri yaseBridgestone, enza izingxenye zezimoto, ingxenye enkulu yokuphila kwakhe njengomuntu omdala. โUmsebenzi wangempela oshisayo nongcolile, kodwa imali enhle,โ wangitshela. "Ngithole izingane ezintathu esikoleni." Namuhla, kulokho akubiza ngokuthi umsebenzi wakhe wangaphambi kokuthatha umhlalaphansi, unakekela abantu abadala abanezidingo ezikhethekile, echitha izinsuku zakhe ohlelweni lwethenda lokudlala nabo futhi ebasiza ukungena nokuphuma endaweni yokubhukuda. Ukwethuka kwafika embuthanweni kaTrump nomngani wakhe uPat Harger, owayethathe umhlalaphansi ngemuva kweminyaka engama-32 eWhirlpool. UmkaHarger unebhizinisi lokuphekela abantu ukudla, okuyikhona okwamenza wangayi kulo mhlangano ngalolo suku. UHarger noShock bangabangani bakudala. โKusukela ebangeni lesine,โ kusho uHarger, โfuthi sineminyaka engu-57 ubudala.โ
Manje njengoba amantombazane kaShock esekhulile futhi akasebenzi umsebenzi wasefemini, unesikhathi esiningi sakhe. Lokho bekuchaza ukufunda amanoveli kusihlwaโakanayo ithelevishiniโkodwa manje kusho ukucwaninga u-Q, owaqala ukuqaphela lapho othile amaziyo ekhuluma ngaye kuFacebook ngo-2017: โOkwangidonsa amehlo 'ucwaningo. .' Zenzele olwakho ucwaningo. Ungathathi lutho kalula. Angikhathali ukuthi ubani okushoyo, ngisho noMongameli Trump. Zenzele ucwaningo lwakho, uzenzele owakho umqondo."
Lapho ukuqina kokuzinikela kwakhe, uShock wayechitha amahora amane kuya kwayisithupha ngosuku efunda futhi efunda kabusha amaconsi ka-Q, ephenya amadokhumenti ku-inthanethi, ebhala namanothi. Manje, uthi, uchitha cishe ihora noma amabili ngosuku. โNgesikhathi ngiqala, wonke umuntu wayecabanga ukuthi ngiyahlanya,โ kusho uShock. Lokho bekuhlanganisa namadodakazi akhe, "angabasekeli abakhululekile bakaHillary noBernie," kusho uShock. โNgisabathanda. Bacabanga ukuthi ngiyahlanya, kodwa kulungile.โ
U-Harger, naye, wake wacabanga ukuthi u-Shock ulahlekelwe. โBengimngabaza,โ esho kimi. โNgangimthumelela imiyalezo ethi, Lorrie. "
โWayethi, 'Kwenzenjani?' โ Kusho ukwethuka, ehleka. Ngakho-ke ukuphawula kwami โโkuye kuzoba ukuthi 'Zicwaningele owakho.' โ
โFuthi ngikwenzile,โ kusho uHarger. โFuthi kufana nokuthi, wow. "
U-Harger wayefuna ngazi ukuthi uvotele u-Obama okokuqala ngqa. Ukhulele emndenini wamaDemocrats. Ubaba wakhe wayengumfelandawonye. Kepha lokho bekungaphambi kokuthi uTrump avele futhi amqinisekise uHarger ukuthi akumele azethembe izikhungo ayecabanga ukuthi angazithemba. Ukwethuka kwavuma eduze kwakhe. "Isizathu sokuthi ngibone sengathi ngingamethemba kakhulu uTrump ukuthi, akayona ingxenye yokusungulwa," kusho yena. Ngesinye isikhathi, uHarger wangitshela ukuthi kufanele ngibheke ukuthi kwenzekani kuJohn F. Kennedy Jr.โowashona ngo-1999, lapho indiza yakhe iphahlazeka e-Atlantic Ocean ngaseMartha's Vineyardโokusikisela ukuthi uHillary Clinton wayemenze wabulawa. (Kungenjalo, iqembu lamakholwa e-QAnon yithi u-JFK Jr. wenza umgunyathi ngokufa kwakhe nokuthi ungumlandeli kaTrump ongemuva kwesigcawu., futhi mhlawumbe no-Q ngokwakhe. Abanye balindele ukubuya kwakhe okumangazayo esidlangalaleni ukuze asebenze njengomlingani kaTrump ngo-2020Lapho ngibuza uHarger ukuthi bukhona yini ubufakazi obusekela isimangalo sokubulala, waphendula umbuzo wami wathi: โIngabe abukho ubufakazi bokungakwenzi lokho?โ
Ukufunda ikhasi likaFacebook likaShock kuwumsebenzi wokungqubuzana, ukuguqula phakathi kokuvinjelwa kanye nobutha. Nangu egqoke i-kayak ephuzi esithombeni sakhe sephrofayela, izinwele ezibomvu ngokukhanyayo ziphuma esigqokweni sokushushuluza, ukumamatheka okukhulu ebusweni bakhe. Kunezithombe zamadodakazi akhe, nezomzukulu onama-curls e-Shirley Temple. Nokho Q akakaze abe kude. Ngobusuku Bangaphambi kukaKhisimusi, uShock wabelane ngokuthunyelwe okwakubonakala sengathi kuphuma ngqo endaweni yonke ye-QAnon kodwa futhi waveza uzungu oludala, lwakudala: โU-X umaka indawo phezu kwe-Roswell NM. I-X17 I-Fifth Force Particle. I-X + Q Izenzekela?โ Ngalo lolo suku, wabelane ngokuthunyelwe okuhlukile ephakamisa ukuthi uMichelle Obama uyindoda eyimfihlo. Omunye waphendula ngokungabaza: โNamanje angikaqiniseki. Uyabonisa futhi enze okubi, kodwa indoda?โ Impendulo kaShock: โYicwaninge.โ Kube nokuthunyelwe okwakuthi omele u-Adam Schiff udlwengule isidumbu somfana oshonile e-Chateau Marmont, e-Los AngelesโuHarger uyavela lapha, eno-โhuh??โ emibhalweniโkanye nesixwayiso sokuthi uGeorge Soros wayelandela abavangeli abangamaKristu. Kokunye okuthunyelwe, uShock udlale ngokuklolodela โlibsโ kanye โnabangane bakhe abazonda uTrump,โ futhi wabelana ngevidiyo yendodakazi yakhe icula izingoma zikaKhisimusi.
E-Toledo, ngabuza u-Shock ukuthi wayenayo yini imibono mayelana nokuthi ungubani u-Q. Uphendule ngokushesha: "Ngicabanga ukuthi uTrump." Ngabuza ukuthi ingabe ucabanga ukuthi uTrump uyazi ngisho nokusebenzisa i-4chan. Ibhodi lemilayezo lidume kabi ngokudida kwabangafundile, akufani ne-Facebook nezinye izinkundla zokuxhumana eziklanyelwe ukwenza kube lula ukushicilela ngokushesha futhi kaningi. โNgicabanga ukuthi wazi kakhulu kunalokho esikucabangayo,โ kusho yena. Kodwa futhi wayefuna ngazi ukuthi ukuthanda kwakhe u-Q kwakungaphathelene noTrump. Lokhu kube yinto ayemanqikanqika ukukhuluma ngayo ekuqaleni. Manje, wathi, โNgizwa sengathi uNkulunkulu wangiholela kuQ. Ngizwa sengathi uNkulunkulu ungiphushele ngale ndlela. Ngizwa sengathi ukube bekuyinkohliso, emoyeni wami, uNkulunkulu ubezongitshela ukuthi, 'Sekwanele.' Kodwa angikuzwa lokho. Ngiyakhuleka ngakho. Ngike ngathi, 'Baba, kufanele ngabe ngimosha isikhathi sami kulokhu?' โฆ Futhi angiwuzwa lowo muzwa Kufanele ngiyeke. "
IV. OCHWEPHESHE
U-Q angase angaziwa, kodwa abaholi benhlangano ye-QAnon baye bavela emphakathini futhi bazakhela izethameli zabo ezinkulu. UDavid Hayes waziwa kangcono ngesibambo sakhe esiku-inthanethi: PrayingMedic. Kumavidiyo akhe e-YouTube, uveza amandla okugunyaza abekwe uthishanhloko wesikole esiphakathi. I-PrayingMedic ingomunye wabavangeli be-QAnon abaziwa kakhulu emhlabeni. Unabalandeli be-Twitter abangaphezu kuka-300,000 kanye nenani elifanayo lababhalisile be-YouTube. UHayes, owayekade engusizo lwezimo eziphuthumayo, uhlala endaweni efulelwe yi-terra-cotta e-Gilbert, e-Arizona, nomkakhe, u-Denise, umdwebi ahlangana naye endaweni yokuphola u-Christian Mingle ngo-2007. Bobabili bazichaza njengabakade bengakholelwa kuNkulunkulu abeza kubo ukholo kuNkulunkulu, futhi komunye nomunye, sekwephuzile ekuphileni, ngemva komshado wangaphambili. U-Hayes ubelokhu elandela u-Q kusukela ekuqaleni, noma eduze kwayo. โU-Q Anon uyathakasela kakhulu,โ wabhala ekhasini lakhe le-Facebook ngoDisemba 12, 2017, emasontweni ayisithupha ngemva kokubhala kuka-Q okokuqala ku-4chan. Ngalo lolo suku, wabhala ngocingo oluzumayo aluzwa:
Amaphupho ami aye asikisela ukuthi uNkulunkulu ufuna ngigcine ukunaka kwami โโโโkugxile kwezombangazwe nezenzakalo zamanje. Ngemva komthandazo othile, nginqume ukwenza uhlelo oluvamile lwezindaba nezenzakalo zamuva ku-Periscope. Ngizama ukusakaza okukodwa ngosuku. (Amavidiyo nawo athunyelwa esiteshini sami se-YouTube.) Yilokho kuphela.
UHayes uyinkanyezi endaweni yonke ye-Q. Ividiyo yakhe ethi "Q for Beginners Part 1" isibukwe izikhathi ezingaphezu kwesigidi esingu-1. "Abanye abantu abalandela u-Q bangazibheka njengabaqambi bozungu," kusho uHayes kuvidiyo. โAngiziboni ngingumuntu othanda uzungu. Ngizibona ngingumcwaningi we-Q. Anginalutho engimelene nabo abantu abathanda ukulandela uzungu. Yinto yabo leyo. Akuyona into yami.โ
UHayes utshela abalandeli bakhe ukuthi ucabanga ukuthi u-Q unjalo umsebenzi wobuhlakani bomthombo ovulekile, eyenziwe yaba nokwenzeka yi-inthanethi futhi yaklanywa abathandi bezwe abalwa nenkohlakalo ngaphakathi komphakathi wezobunhloli. Ukuhumusha kwakhe i-Q ekugcineni kungokwenkolo, futhi kugxile embonweni Wokuvuka Okukhulu. "Ngiyakholwa Ukuvuka Okukhulu inesicelo esikabili,โ uHayes wabhala eposini le-blog ngoNovemba 2019.
Ikhuluma ngokuphaphama kobuhlakaniโukuqwashisa komphakathi iqiniso lokuthi sigqilazwe ohlelweni lwepolitiki olukhohlakele. Kodwa ukuvezwa kokonakala okungenakucatshangwa kwabathile kuzoholela ekwandeni kokuqwashisa ngokonakala kwethu. Ukuzazi isono kuyisihlabathi esivundile sokuvuselelwa ngokomoya. Ngikholwa ukuthi ukuvuka okungokomoya okwaprofethwa kudala kulele ngakolunye uhlangothi lwesiphepho.
Abalandeli baka-Q bayavuma ukuthi Ukuvuka Okukhulu kuseza, futhi kuzoletha insindiso. Bayehluka ekukhathazekeni kwabo komuntu siqu maqondana nalapha namanje. Abanye emhlabeni we-QAnon bagxile kakhulu kulokho abakubona njengokuwohloka kwemithombo yezindaba evamile, umbono ogqugquzelwa ngokulinganayo ngu-Q kanye noTrump. Abanye bagxila kakhulu emphakathini wezobunhloli kanye nombono wombuso ojulile. Isigatshana esisebenzayo sabalandeli be-Q uphenya icala likaJeffrey Epstein. Kunalabo abathi banolwazi ngohlelo lweminyaka engu-16 lukaHillary Clinton noBarack Obama lokucekela phansi iMelika ngesomiso esikhulu, izifo ezibangelwa izikhali, ukusweleka kokudla, nempi yenuzi. Ngesikhathi sophenyo ngokugxambukela kweRussia okhethweni lukamongameli lwango-2016, abanye abalandeli be-Q bakhuthaza umbono wokuthi u-Trump wayesebenza ngasese no-Robert Mueller, nokuthi umbiko womeluleki okhethekile uzokhipha uTrump icala futhi uholele ekuboshweni kwenqwaba yamalungu e-cabal ekhohlakele. (Umbiko wokugcina ka-Mueller, okhishwe ngo-Ephreli 2019, noma kunjalo walahla uTrump futhi akuholeli ekuboshweni kwabantu abaningi.)
Izibalo ezivelele ze-QAnon zinobukhona obudlula izinkundla ezinkulu zenkundla yezokuxhumana namabhodi ezithombe. Umkhathi we-Q uhlanganisa amabhulogi amaningi, amawebhusayithi okuphathelene, nezinhlobo zesofthiwe yezingxoxo, kanye nezinye izinkundla zokuxhumana ezifana ne-Gab, isayithi elaziwa ngokumelene namaJuda nobuzwe obumhlophe, lapho abantu abaningi ababevinjelwe ku-Twitter bebuthene khona. Ama-Vlogger nama-blogger bathuthukisa ama-akhawunti abo e-Patreon, lapho abantu bengawakhokha ngesamba sanyanga zonke. Kukhona nemali okufanele yenziwe ngezikhangiso ku-YouTube. Lokho kubonakala kuyiyona nto agxile kuyo uHayes, amavidiyo akhe abukwe izikhathi ezingaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-33 esewonke. Ividiyo yakhe ethi "Q for Beginners" ihlanganisa izikhangiso ezivela ezinkampanini ezifana nesayithi lokuqasha iholide i-Vrbo kanye nokusuka I-Epoch Times, iphephandaba lamazwe ngamazwe elisekela uTrump. Abavangeli bama-Q bathathe indlela โyokushicilela yonke indawoโ ewukufinyelela okuyingxenye, ukungafuneki lutho. Uma iplathifomu eyodwa iqhekeka ku-QAnon, njengoba kwenza iReddit, ngeke kudingeke ukuthi baqale phansi kwenye indawo. Njengoba isingene shรญ empini ephakathi kokuhle nokubi, i-QAnon izibandakanye kwenye impiโphakathi kombono wewebhu evulekile yabantu kanye ne-inthanethi enesango elawulwa abambalwa abanamandla.
V. UBANI U-Q?
Noma yiluphi uhlelo olusha lwenkolelo ugijimela ukuphikiswa. NgoDisemba 2018, uMat Patten, umakadebona wethimba le-SWAT eHhovisi likaSheriff weBroward County, eFlorida, wathwetshulwa izithombe nePhini likaMongameli uMike Pence endaweni yetiyela esikhumulweni sezindiza. I-Patten wayefake isiqeshana ivesti yakhe enobuhlakani eyayinohlamvu Q. Lesi sithombe sifakwe kuTwitter yihhovisi lephini likamengameli sabe sesisakazwa emphakathini wase-QAnon. I-tweet yehliswa ngokushesha. U-Patten wehlisiwe. Lapho ngingqongqoza emzini wakhe ngosuku olulusizi ngo-August, akekho owaphendula. Kodwa lapho ngiphenduka ukuze ngihambe, ngabona izitika ezimbili ezinkulu zebhokisi leposi elimhlophe ngaphambili. Omunye wathi trump, omunye wathi #qanon: abashisekeli ukulwa.
Ngemuva kokuthi u-El Paso, umnikazi we-8chan, uJim Watkins, eyalwe ukuba afakaze phambi kweKomidi LeNdlu Yezokuphepha Kwasekhaya. UWatkins wayethenge le ndawo eminyakeni emine ngaphambili kumsunguli wayo, uFredrick Brennan, manje oneminyaka engama-26, ekugcineni unqamule zonke izibopho ku-8chan. โNgokudabukisayo, lesi okungenani isenzo sesithathu sodlame oluqinile oluhambisana nesizindalwazi sakho kulo nyaka,โ ubhale abamele uBennie Thompson, iDemocrat yaseMississippi, noMike Rogers, waseRiphabhlikhi wase-Alabama, lapho bebiza uWatkins eCapitol Hill. "Abantu baseMelika kufanele bazi ukuthi yini, uma kukhona, wena, njengomnikazi kanye nomsebenzisi, okwenzayo ukubhekana nokwanda kokuqukethwe okweqisayo ku-8chan."
I-8chan yayisivele ilahlekelwe yizinkonzo ezibalulekile, okuphoqe ukuthi ivalwe. I-CEO ye-Cloudflare, eyayisize ukuvikela isayithi ekuhlaselweni kwe-cyber, wachaza isinqumo sakhe sokulahla i-8chan encwadini evulekile ngemva kokudubula kuka-El Paso: โIsizathu silula: Bazibonakalise benganamthetho nokuthi ukungabi namthetho kuye kwabangela ukufa okuningi okudabukisayo.โ U-Watkins uthembise ukuthi uzoyigcina ingosi ingekho ku-inthanethi kuze kube ngemva kokuvela kwakhe engqungqutheleni. Ungu owayengumlungisi wezindiza ezinophephela emhlane Wezempi Yase-US owangena ebhizinisini lamawebhusayithi ngesikhathi esasebuthweni lezempi. Phakathi kwezinye izinto, ngo-1997, wethula ingosi yocansi ephumelelayo ebizwa ngokuthi i-Asian Bikini Bar. Esiteshini sakhe se-YouTube, lapho ebhala khona ngaphansi kwegama lomsebenzisi elithi Watkins Xerxes, uvamise ukucula izingoma zokudumisa, efunda amavesi eBhayibheli, adumise uTrump, futhi athinte izihloko ezingaphansi kwe-QAnonโexwayisa ngesimo esijulile futhi ekhumbuza ababukeli bakhe ukuthi manje โ indlela yangempela yokubika yezindaba.โ Uphinde abonise iqoqo lakhe le-fountain-peni futhi azilolonge i-yoga. Lapho efika eCapitol Hill, ngoSepthemba 2019, uWatkins wayegqoke u-Q ocwebezelayo oyisiliva ophiniwe kukhola yakhe. Ubufakazi bakhe babuvale iminyango. NgoNovemba, i-8chan yabuyela ekuphileni njenge-8kun. Yayifinyeleleka ngezikhathi ezithile, ixhugela phakathi nochungechunge lokuhlasela kwe-cyber. Ithole usizo oluvela kusevisi yokubamba yase-Russian ngokuvamile ehlotshaniswa nokusabalalisa uhlelo olungayilungele ikhompuyutha. Lapho u-Q ephinda evela ku-8kun, wasebenzisa i-tripcode efanayo naleyo ayeyisebenzisile ku-8chan. Uthumele amanye amacebo okuqinisekisa ukuqhubeka kobunikazi bakhe, okuhlanganisa nesithombe sencwajana yokubhalela kanye nepeni okuvele kokuthunyelwe kwangaphambilini.
Ithiyori kaFredrick Brennan iwukuthi uJim nendodana yakhe uRon, ongumqondisi wesayithi, babazi ukuthi i-8kun idinga u-Q ukuheha abasebenzisi. โNakanjani, nakanjani, amaphesenti angu-100 akholelwa ukuthi u-Q uyamazi uJim noma uRon Watkins, noma uqashwe uJim noma uRon Watkins,โ kusho uBrennan kimi. UJim noRon bobabili baphikile ukuthi bayamazi u-Q. "Angazi ukuthi ubani u-Q," kusho uRon emlayezo oqondile kuTwitter. UJim utshele lowo owayexoxa naye ku-One America News Network ngoSepthemba 2019: โAngazi ukuthi ubani u-QAnon. Ngempela, sisebenzisa iwebhusayithi engaziwa. โ Bobabili bayagcizelela ukuthi banendaba nokugcina i-8kun kuphela ngoba iyinkundla yenkulumo yamahhala engavinjelwe. "I-8kun ifana nephepha, futhi abasebenzisi banquma ukuthi yini ebhalwe kulo," kusho uRon kimi. "Kunezihloko eziningi ezahlukene kanye nabasebenzisi abavela ezizindeni eziningi ezahlukene." Kepha intshisekelo yabo ku-Q ibhalwe kahle. NgoFebhuwari, u-Jim waqala i-PAC enkulu ebizwa ngokuthi Disarm the Deep State, enanela imilayezo ka-Q futhi esebenzisa izikhangiso ezikhokhelwayo ku-8kun.
U-Brennan kudala exabana nama-Watkinses. UJim umangalele uBrennan ngecala lokuthuka ePhilippines, lapho bobabili behlala khona kuze kube muva nje, futhi uBrennan ulwa nemizamo kaJim yokuba yisakhamuzi esingokwemvelo lapho. โBagcine u-Q ephila,โ kusho uBrennan kimi. โBesingakhulumi ngale nto njengamanje ukube u-Q akangenanga kwi-8kun entsha. Sonke isizathu esikhuluma ngaso ngalokhu ukuthi zihlobene ngokuqondile no-Q. Futhi, uyazi, ngihlala ngikhathazeka ngokuthi kuzoba khona, ngoNovemba 2020, uhlobo oluthile lokudubula noma okuthile okuhlobene no-Q uma u-Trump uyalahlekelwa. Noma abazali bebulala izingane zabo ukuze bazisindise esihogweni esizayo ngoba isimo esijulile sinqobile. Lawa amathuba angempela. Ngibona sengathi abakwenzile akunasibopho nakancane ukugcina u-Q eqhubeka.โ
Indaba ka-Q isekelwe esidingweni sokuthi u-Q ahlale engaziwa. Kungakho u-Q ekuqaleni akhethe i-4chan, enye yezindawo zokugcina ezakhelwe ukungaziwa kuwebhu yezokuxhumana. "Bengivame ukuhlobanisa u-Q nezibalo zangaphambilini ezifana no-John Titor noma uSatoshi Nakamoto," uBrennan wangitshela, ebhekisela ezinganekwaneni ezimbili zokungaziwa kwe-inthanethi. I-Satoshi Nakamoto yigama elisetshenziswa umdali ongaziwa we-bitcoin. UJohn Titor igama elisetshenziswe kumabhodi emiyalezo eminingana ngo-2000 nango-2001 ngu umuntu othi ungumhambi wesikhathi samasosha kusukela ngonyaka ka-2036.
Abalandeli be-QAnon babona ukungaziwa kuka-Q njengobufakazi bokwethembeka kuka-Qโnaphezu kokungathembi kwabo okujulile imithombo yezindaba engashiwongo. Iqembu ngalinye le-QAnon linezinkolelo zalo, imifelandawonye, โโnamadrama okuhlangana nabantu ahlobene nombuzo wokuthi ungubani u-Q. Amathiyori angena emaqenjini amathathu abanzi. Eqenjini lokuqala kunemibono ecabanga ukuthi u-Q ungumuntu oyedwa obelokhu ethumela yedwa sonke lesi sikhathi. Lapha kulapho uzothola khona abantu abathi u-Trump ngokwakhe ungu-Q, noma ukuthi i-PrayingMedic ingu-Q. (Lesi sigaba sihlanganisa nokwenzeka, okuphakanyiswe abantu abangaphandle kwe-QAnon, ukuthi u-Q ungumlandeli we-Trump yedwa owaqala ukuthumela njengo uhlobo lwenganekwane yabalandeli, enganakile ukuthi luzosuka; kanye nomqondo wokuthi u-Q waqala ukuthumela ukuze abonise uTrump nabalandeli bakhe, engalindele ukuthi abantu bazomthatha ngokungathi sรญna.) Iqembu lesibili lemibono liphethe ukuthi u-Q wangempela uthumele ngokuqhubekayo okwesikhashana, kodwa-ke kukhona okwashintsha. Lesi sigaba sesibili sihlanganisa umbono ka-Brennan wokuthi abakwa-Watkinse manje sebekhokha u-Q, noma bakhokhela othile ukuthi aqhubeke njengo-Q, noma baze benze njengo-Q ngokwabo. Iqembu lesithathu lethiyori liphethe ukuthi i-Q iyiqoqo, nenani elincane labantu ababelana ngokufinyelela ku-akhawunti. Lesi sigaba sesithathu sihlanganisa umbono wokuthi i-Q iwuhlobo olusha lwe-ejensi yezobunhloli bezempi evulekile.
Abalandeli abaningi be-QAnon babona ukubaluleka kuma-tweets kaTrump aqukethe amagama aqala ngohlamvu Q. Izenzakalo zezwe zamuva ziye zabavuza kakhulu. "Ngingumngane omkhulu futhi othanda iNdlovukazi ne-United Kingdom," uTrump iqale i-tweet eyodwa ngoMashi 29. ngayizolo, wayebhale kuTwitter lokhu: "Ngicabanga nge-QUARANTINE." Isixuku sakwa-Q sibambe womabili ama-tweets, sathi uma ungazinaki izinhlamvu eziningi emilayezweni, uzophumelela. thola ukuvuma kusuka kuTrump: "Ngi ... Q."
VI. ISIZATHU NOKUKHOLWA
Esitolo sekhofi sase-Miami ngonyaka odlule, ngahlangana nendoda eye yathola ukunakwa eminyakeni yamuva nje ngocwaningo lwayo ngemibono yozunguโuprofesa wesayensi yezombangazwe eNyuvesi yaseMiami okuthiwa uJoseph Uscinski. Sekuyiminyaka ngimazi u-Uscinski, futhi imibono yakhe ihlukene, inolwazi olunzulu, futhi ikude nanoma yini ongayibheka njengeqembu elixegayo. Abantu abaningi bacabanga, wangitshela, ukuthi ukuthambekela kokucabanga uzungu kungabikezelwa ngokulandela imigqa yemibono. Lokho akulungile, wachaza. Kungcono ucabange ngetulo lokucabanga njengokuzimela kwipolitiki yeqembu. Kuwuhlobo oluthile lokuhlanganisa ingqondo. Futhi ngokuvamile ibonakala ngokwamukela iziphakamiso ezilandelayo: Izimpilo zethu zilawulwa iziza ezichanyuselwe ezindaweni eziyimfihlo. Nakuba kubukeka sengathi siphila ngaphansi kwentando yeningi, iqeqebana labantu liphethe yonke into, kodwa asibazi ukuthi bangobani. Lapho kwenzeka izenzakalo ezinkuluโimibhadane, ukuwohloka komnotho, izimpi, ukuhlasela kwamaphekulaโkungenxa yokuthi lelo qembu eliyimfihlo lisebenza ngokumelene nathi sonke.
I-QAnon ayilona itulo elikude kwesokudla, ngendlela evame ukuchazwa ngayo, u-Uscinski waqhubeka, naphezu kokulandisa kwakhe okusobala kwe-Trump. Futhi lokho kungenxa yokuthi uTrump akayena usopolitiki ojwayelekile. U-Q ukhanga abantu abakhangwa kakhulu ekucabangeni uzungu lwanoma yiluphi uhlobo, futhi leso sikhalazo seqa imigqa yemibono.
Abantu abaningi abathambekele kakhulu ekukholelweni izinkolelo-mbono zozungu bazibona njengezisulu-amaqhawe alwa namandla akhohlakele nanamandla. Banenzondo yabantu abasezingeni eliphezulu. Lokho kusiza ukuchaza ukuthi kungani imijikelezo ye-populism nokucabanga kozungu ibonakala ikhuphuka futhi iwe ndawonye. Ukucabanga uzungu kuyimbangela kanye nomphumela walokho URichard Hofstadter ngo-1964 uchazwe ngokudumile "njengesitayela se-paranoid" kwezepolitiki zaseMelika. Kodwa ungalenzi iphutha lokucabanga ukuthi amathiyori wozungu abhalwe kuphela emaphethelweni omlando waseMelika. Bafaka umbala kuzo zonke izenzakalo ezinkulu zezindaba: ukubulawa kuka-John F. Kennedy, ukufika kwenyanga, ngo-9/11. Basize ukugcina ukuqhuma okulandelanayo, okufana neMcCarthyism ngeminyaka yawo-1950 kanye ne-anti-Semitism nganoma yisiphi isikhathi osikhethayo. Kodwa i-QAnon yehlukile. Ingase iqhutshwe yi-paranoia ne-populism, kodwa futhi iqhutshwa ukholo lwenkolo. Ulimi lobuKristu bevangeli seluze lwachaza umnyakazo we-Q. U-QAnon ushada nesifiso sokudla uzungu ngezinkolelo ezinhle mayelana nekusasa elihluke kakhulu nelingcono, elinqunywe kusengaphambili.
Lokho kube yingxenye yesizathu sokuthi umama ka-Uscinski, u-Shelly, 62, akhangwe u-QAnon. U-Shelly, ohlala eNew Hampshire, wayesebenza ku-YouTube eminyakeni embalwa edlule, efuna amavidiyo enziwa kanjaniโakakhumbuli ukuthi yini ngempela, mhlawumbe isifundo sendlela yokwenza amafasitela emoto yakhe acwebezeleโ futhi i-algorithm inikeze i-QAnon. Ukhumbula umuzwa wokukhangwa kazibuthe. โNjengoba, Hawu, kuyini lokhu?โโ wakhumbula ngesikhathi ngikhuluma naye ngocingo. "Kimina, bekudalula ezinye izinto okungenzeka benginethemba lokuthi zizofezeka." Wezwa ukuthi u-Q wayezazi izinto ezimkhathazayoโnjengokungathi othile wayemcabanga futhi โesho ngomlomo.โ Ukukhungatheka kukaShelly kubanzi, futhi kuqondiswe ikakhulukazi ezikhungweni azibona njengeziphukile. Ucikwe wuhlelo lwezemfundo, uhlelo lwezezimali, abezindaba. โNgisho namasonto ethu asenakele,โ kusho yena. Enye yezinto ezamthinta kakhulu ngo-Q kwaba ukunengeka kwakhe โngezindaba ezingamanga.โ Uthola imininingwane yakhe ikakhulukazi kuFox News, Twitter, kanye ne- New Hampshire Union Leader. "Empilweni yami, ngicabanga ukuthi, izinto ziye zaba zimbi kakhulu," kusho uShelly. Wanezela kamuva: โU-Q usinika ithemba. Futhi kuyinto enhle, ukuba nethemba.โ
U-Shelly uthanda ukuthi u-Q ngezikhathi ezithile ucaphuna emibhalweni, futhi uyathanda ukuthi ukhuthaza abantu ukuthi bathandaze. Ekugcineni, wathi, i-QAnon imayelana nokuthile okukhulu kakhulu kunoTrump nanoma ubani omunye. โKunabalandeli baka-QAnon laphaya,โ kusho uShelly, โabaphakamisa ukuthi lokhu esibhekene nakho manje, kulo mkhakha wezepolitiki ohlanyayo esikuwo manje, nazo zonke izinto ezenzeka emhlabeni wonke, kungokweBhayibheli kakhulu, futhi. ukuthi lena yi-Armagedoni.โ
Ngambuza ukuthi ucabanga ukuthi ukuphela kwezwe kufikile kithi. โNgeke kungimangaze,โ kusho yena.
UJoseph Uscinski uphazanyiswa ukukholelwa kukanina ku-QAnon. Akakhululekile ukukhuluma ngakho. Futhi uShelly akakuboni kahle ukuxaka kwesimo somndeni, ngoba akakholwa ukuthi i-QAnon iwuhlobo lokucabanga uzungu kwasekuqaleni. Ngesinye isikhathi engxoxweni yethu, lapho ngibiza u-QAnon njengethiyori yozungu, waphazamisa ngokushesha: โAkuwona umbono. Iwukubikezelwa kwezinto ezizayo.โ Wahleka kakhulu lapho ngibuza ukuthi wake wazama yini ukuthi uJoseph akholwe kuQAnon. Impendulo yaba ngucha ocacile: โNgingumama wakhe, ngakho ngiyamthanda.โ
VII. I-APOCALYpse
Abalindi be Ukuphela Kwezinsuku kungathola kalula izimpawu zokubhujiswa okuzayoโkuzinkanyezi ezinomsila nokuzamazama komhlaba, ezimpini nezifo eziwubhadane. Bekulokhu kunje. Ngo-1831, umshumayeli wamaBaptisti emaphandleni aseNew York ogama lakhe linguWilliam Miller waqala ukwabelana esidlangalaleni ngesibikezelo sakhe sokuthi ukuBuya Kwesibili kukaJesu kwase kuseduze. Ekugcineni wazinza ngosuku: 22 October 1844. Lapho ilanga liphuma ngo-Okthoba 23, abalandeli bakhe, abaziwa ngokuthi amaMillerites, bachotshozwa. Lesi siqephu sizokwaziwa ngokuthi Ukudumazeka Okukhulu. Kodwa abazange baphele amandla. AmaMillerite abe ama-Adventist, wona aphenduka amaSeventh-day Adventist, manje anobulungu bomhlaba wonke obungaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-20. "Laba bantu emphakathini we-QAnon-ngizizwa sengathi banenkohliso ejulile, njengoba betshalwe ngokujulile ezinkolelweni zabo, njengoba kwakunjalo nabakwaMillerite," uTravis View, omunye wabaphathi bohlelo. iphodikasti ebizwa QAnon Msebenzisi, ebeka i-QAnon ekuhlaziyweni kwe-acerbic, ingitshele. "Lokho kungenza ngiqiniseke kakhulu ukuthi lokhu akuyona into ezophela lapho kuphela isikhundla sikamongameli kaTrump."
U-QAnon uqhuba isiko lokucabanga kwe-apocalyptic osekuthathe izinkulungwane zeminyaka. Inikeza i-polemic ukunika amandla labo abazizwa bedakiwe. Encwadini yakhe yakudala ka-1957, Ukuphishekelwa Kweminyaka Eyinkulungwane, isazi-mlando uNorman Cohn sahlola ukuvela kokucabanga kwe-apocalyptic emakhulwini amaningi eminyaka. Wathola isimo esisodwa esivamile: Le ndlela yokucabanga yavela ngokungaguquguquki ezifundeni lapho kwakwenzeka khona ushintsho olusheshayo lwezenhlalo nezomnothoโfuthi ngezikhathi lapho imibukiso yengcebo emangalisayo yayibonakala kakhulu kodwa ingatholakali kubantu abaningi. Lokhu kwakunjalo eYurophu phakathi neziMpi Zenkolo ekhulwini le-11, naphakathi NoKufa Okumnyama ekhulwini le-14, naseSigodini SaseRhine ekhulwini le-16, naseNew York kaWilliam Miller ekhulwini le-19. Kuyiqiniso eMelika ekhulwini lama-21.
I-Seventh-day Adventist kanye neBandla likaJesu Kristu Lama-Latter-day Saints ayizinhlangano zenkolo ezichumayo ezihlala eMelika. Ungamangali uma u-QAnon eba omunye. Isivele inabalandeli abaningi kakhulu ukwedlula elinye lalawo mahlelo amabili emashumini eminyaka okuqala okuba khona kwawo. Abantu bazwakalisa ukholo lwabo ngokutadisha ngokucophelela amaconsi angu-Q njengezitolimende zombhalo oyisisekelo, ngokuthuthukiswa kwamaqembu akhulekela u-Q, nangamazwi agcwele okubonga ngalokho u-Q akulethile ezimpilweni zabo. Ingabe kunendaba ukuthi asazi ukuthi u-Q ungubani? Okwaphezulu kuyimfihlakalo njalo. Ingabe kunendaba ukuthi izici eziyisisekelo zezimfundiso zika-Q azinakuqinisekiswa? Izimfundiso eziyisisekelo zobuKristu azinakuqinisekiswa. Phakathi kwabantu baseQAnon, ukukholwa kuhlala kuphelele. Amakholwa eqiniso achaza umuzwa wokuzalwa kabusha, ukuvuswa okungenakuhlehliswa olwazini olukhona. Baqinisekile ukuthi kuyeza Ukuvuka Okukhulu. Bayolinda inqobo nje uma befanele ukukhululwa.
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