• FunkyStuff [he/him]
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    29 days ago

    So what % of Americans actually believe stuff like this? 2-3%? 5%?

    inb4 "most Americans are religious so about 80%"

    • SorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]
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      29 days ago

      At least 17% as of 2022 so it's probably more by now.

      https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/feb/23/qanon-believers-increased-america-study-finds

      Chris Hedges talks a lot about this, how material conditions continue to degrade people turn to magical thinking.

      • FunkyStuff [he/him]
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        29 days ago

        Yeah but most Qanon people aren't fully into all this alien invasion crap, they just believe Hollywood is full of pedophiles (correct) and Trump is going to save the children from migrant hordes of satanic criminals (incorrect). I wanna know how many true freaks that believe in reptilian aliens there are.

          • FunkyStuff [he/him]
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            29 days ago

            I think that given enough time, someone who gets into Qanon and stays in whatever community is beaming that garbage into their heads will slowly radicalize and start believing in that stuff. But there's kind of a balance to it, where some people who are fully into it stop believing as time goes on and nothing happens.