Interview · moment 7 of 18
Race War True Believers and QAnon as a Grift
from I Am The One Who Dox · #134
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4 minGuest
The guest says people on both political extremes genuinely believed in coming revolution or race war, describes teaching self-defense to anarchists, and pivots to QAnon as a grift convincing elderly Republicans of a secret Reddit insider with Q-clearance.
- 27:09Guest describes anarchists and communists who genuinely believed an October Revolution was coming to the US and prepared with weapons and hacking skills.
- 28:01Right-wing true believers were convinced a race war was imminent and needed to prepare for it.
- 28:26Tim: both sides were convinced a cataclysmic revolution or race war was coming and had to prepare for it.
- 28:39Most inflammatory posts on Reddit and 4chan are shock value and edgy attempts, not genuine beliefs held by those saying them.
- 29:11Larger group invested in community rather than violence; only small percentage actually becomes violent.
- 29:24Guest taught self-defense to anarchists, socialists, and communists, with goal of defending against people emboldened by the presidency.
- 29:58QAnon presented as a grift targeting elderly Republicans by convincing them a Reddit user with Q-level security clearance was leaking deep state secrets.
- 30:40Tim: co-host Ray Kompin asked why QAnon believers needed coded Reddit messages when Trump was already president—what could be so boring about real life that they invented these things?
QAnonReddit4chanDonald TrumpBarack ObamaHillary ClintonOctober Revolution