This came to me on FB about Qanon

[dweller]

I’m not a gamer, but read it anyway ... explains a lot to me at least
https://medium.com/curiouserinstitute/a-game-designers-analysis-of-qanon-580972548be5

Long read, have at it

✌🏻

[yonder]

1. Very interesting! Bookmarked for later.

I'm not a gamer either, but the concepts presented have caught my attention - after only a minute or so.

[dweller]

3. I'm studying it

for the psychological aspects ...

✌🏻

[blm]

27. Post again with your thoughts.

As you can see,I think this exposure is key to breaking the spell of these addicted hatriots.

[dweller]

28. I think there are going to be

many mentally distressed and depressed q’s soon ...
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100214919378

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[blm]

29. Yep

But, damn, a whole lot of folks invested their lives into it.....a fvcking game.

[relayerbob]

2. Interesting article

Who writing the scripts? That's the real question

[blm]

4. Here's another read, dweller.

https://www.wired.com/story/qanon-most-dangerous-multiplatform-game/?

QAnon Is Like a Game—a Most Dangerous Game
The conspiracy theory has the best attributes of a multiplatform game, except that it can cause harm in the real world.

[dweller]

8. Will check it out blm

I never gave Qanon much attention, considered them flakes, and anyone that spouted Q conspiracy I’ve avoided

✌🏻

[blm]

10. I posted these articles here months ago

when they first came out. VICE covered it, too.

Like I said, mainstream press has ignored these articles, yet they accurately explain what the fvck is going on.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/qj4xbm/what-alternate-reality-games-teach-us-about-the-dangerous-appeal-of-qanon

[BlueIdaho]

5. I've read it - it's totally worth your time.

Thank you for the link.

[blm]

6. This didn't get any mainstream press attention. It should have.

Qanon’s addictive qualities are by design.

[highplainsdem]

7. K&R! Fascinating article.

[Quixote1818]

9. Self delete. Wrong thread. nt

[Celerity]

11. a must read, game design/theory is so key to non-linear warfare and reflexive control

The Russians are absolute masters at it, and FUCKED the US up (perhaps permanently) with Trump as a truly massive inflection point Trojan Horse with which to introduce (and/or exploit pre-existing and long-standing fissures) negative feedback loops of instability at a multiplicity of foundational levels. Create maximum chaos. Never allow the overall society to catch its collective breath. Keep most all of a nation in a fog of perpetual war (in this case, non-kinetic, or at least non-kinetic until a 2nd civil war kicks off, if they can push-pull the zeitgeist that much that its reaches a breaking point).

[KY_EnviroGuy]

15. K&R for truth.

Quote:

To create the fog of war without the war. To create a collectively shared reality that they directly control.

I've always suspected Russia is behind Qanon and logically conclude they're using it around the world but using different foundations.

I also wonder if Q can be counter-manipulated until it self destructs.

KY

[blm]

19. There are 3 great articles to read in this thread

And I hope DUers will spread them to other sites.

[leighbythesea2]

12. Wellll

That was interesting, and unsettling. Sent to some friends who have designed games. Not video games. But they like games and study their designs too.

[blm]

26. Let us know what they think.

[Iggo]

13. Good read. Thanks!

[crickets]

14. Articles like this can never be posted too many times.

It will be new to someone each time, and it's important that as many people see and read it as possible. It's long, but the message is important and it's well worth the read. It's a mystery why mainstream media has ignored this.

[blm]

20. Post where any QAnon family or friends can see it.

[crickets]

21. Agreed, and keep posting it now and then even if there's little response.

This is the third time I've seen at least one of these articles go by on DU, and the first time I can remember any real response to the topic. I tried to say something once, and because life that day etc. the post probably ended up being "K&R" so this time around I made a point of it. People, stop reading my lame post right now and go read the article. Then share it with somebody not on DU. Eventually, some of the people who really need to read an article like this will see it.

[blm]

22. Yes. I posted a few months ago about it.

The press really dropped the ball on this.

[ismnotwasm]

16. This is excellent

[KY_EnviroGuy]

17. In his own somewhat sloppy way, tRump is a master at using these techniques.....

and he used them last Wednesday in his rally speech. That speech is peppered with so many lies and deceptions, it's unreal and he used it for over an hour to inflame and build anger in that crowd.

Quote (16:25):

Now it is up to Congress to confront this egregious assault on our democracy. After this, we’re going to walk down and I’ll be there with you. We’re going to walk down. We’re going to walk down any one you want, but I think right here. We’re going walk down to the Capitol, and we’re going to cheer on our brave senators, and congressmen and women. We’re probably not going to be cheering so much for some of them because you’ll never take back our country with weakness. You have to show strength, and you have to be strong.

Then, this at 40:50:

You will have a president who lost all of these states, or you will have a president to put it another way, who was voted on by a bunch of stupid people who lost all of these things. You will have an illegitimate president, that’s what you’ll have. And we can’t let that happen. These are the facts that you won’t hear from the fake news media. It’s all part of the suppression effort.

And this at 1:10:05:

If we allow this group of people to illegally take over our country, because it’s illegal when the votes are illegal, when the way they got there is illegal, when the States that vote are given false and fraudulent information.

And finally, this at 01:11:44:

“Something’s wrong here. Something’s really wrong. Can’t have happened.” And we fight. We fight like Hell and if you don’t fight like Hell, you’re not going to have a country anymore.

I probably missed some even more juicy ones but that's all I could stomach with a quick scan.

Probably a method he developed while hawking real estate, he uses lies, deceptions and apophenia regularly to guide his minions toward an end goal. That is, to retain right-wing power at any cost.

Trump simply runs his own version of Qanon and has been building it for over four years.

Thanks for posting this excellent article, Dweller!

KY

[blm]

23. ✔️✔️✔️

[Baclava]

18. Fascinating, i've been leaving breadcrumb trails wherever i go, and nobody ever follows them

[Generic Other]

24. Thanks for posting this

It really does make sense. They are playing a dangerous game...

[blm]

25. We need to repost all 3 articles in this thread at sites

where Q leaning posters can read them.