Explore how followers of QAnon have morphed into a threatening force, now embodying a 'Deeper State' that promotes repression. The discussion connects this modern conspiracy to historical figures like Henry Ford and Elon Musk, revealing unsettling parallels in the manipulation of public sentiment. Health crises like the Texas measles outbreak highlight the dangers of vaccine skepticism fueled by misinformation. The podcast also delves into the cyclical nature of conspiracism in America, tracing its roots back to events like McCarthyism and the Red Scare.
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Measles Outbreak Response
RFK Jr. initially dismissed a Texas measles outbreak, then advocated vitamin A, omitting vaccine mention.
This sparked criticism, with some falsely claiming measles cures cancer and others invoking The Flintstones.
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Wellness Opportunism
Peter McCullough downplayed measles hospitalizations, citing the Flintstones and Brady Bunch.
Wellness influencers, like Holistic Heidi, seized the outbreak as a sales opportunity for supplements.
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Soft Eugenics
The "informed consent" argument for vaccines is disingenuous, ignoring the fact that parents make many choices for children.
This rhetoric distracts from scientific evidence supporting vaccination while promoting a "soft eugenics."
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This week we’re looking at how folks who associated themselves with the magical and morbid QAnon memes about the “coming storm” that would destroy the Deep State have become that storm, mainly by talking about it, and are now in the position to congeal an even Deeper State characterized by more repression and control. They’re doing it both as conspiracists and as conspiracy theorists would predict: as rich guys pretending to be oppressed.
This opens up the question of “Have we been here before in the US, and what happened?” The parallels are uncanny. In the late 1920s, Henry Ford had his car dealers stick copies of The Dearborn Independent newspaper in the glove compartments of new cars. That was the rag in which he published excerpts of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion. Today another auto baron, Elon Musk, busts out seigheils and posts Nazi memes whenever he likes. But only one of them got a White House office.
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