Operation mindfuck : QAnon and the cult of Donald Trump / Robert Guffey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Guffey, Robert, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conspiracy theories--Political aspects--United States.

Conspiracy theories.

Presidents--United States--Election.

Presidents.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (155 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY ; London, UK : OR Books, [2022]

Summary:

Mind control. Satanic rituals. Unspeakable sexual perversions. Supervillains eating children's brains. A divine mandate to keep Donald Trump in the White House, no matter what. This surreal combination of horror-movie shocks and fascist marching orders is the signature of QAnon, which emerged from the dark corners of the internet in 2017 and soon became the galvanizing force behind Trump supporters, both during Trump's presidency and in the volatile, ongoing aftermath of the 2020 election. But despite the strange pervasiveness of QAnon, its origins remain obscure. Who is behind QAnon's messaging, and what do they want? And why do they pair their extreme political agenda with such obviously made-up, phantasmagorical beliefs? In Operation Mindfuck, Robert Guffey argues that this is not as mysterious as QAnon's anonymous "drops" of cryptic directives seem to be. Drawing on an encyclopedic knowledge of conspiracy theories and mixing deep-dive research, political analysis, and firsthand notes from QAnon's underbelly, Guffey insists that we've seen it all before. Unraveling QAnon's patchwork quilt of recycled material, from pulp-fiction spook stories to Hunter S. Thompson-style pranksterism to Nixon-esque dirty tricks, Guffey diagnoses QAnon as a highly engineered ploy, calibrated to capture the attention and lock-step loyalty of its audience. Will its followers ever realize that they've been had? Can this new American religion be dispelled as a cult like any other? The answers, Operation Mindfuck reveals, are hidden in plain sight.

Contents:

Front Cover

Back Cover

Half-Title Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Contents

INTRODUCTION: ZERO HOUR, 2021 and other epic stupidities of the 21st century

PART ONE: DONALD TRUMP SAVED ME FROM BEING EATEN BY UNDERGROUND DEMONS! (or) QANONSENSE: THE ULTIMATE CATFISH SCHEME

1. White Hats/Black Hats

2. Subterranean Wars

3. Fun with Adrenochrome!

4. Out of Shadows

5. Fun with Pizza!

6. Successful People Are Satanists

7. Epstein + Trump - Trump = Hillary!

8. MindWar

PART TWO: DONALD TRUMP'S OPERATION MINDFUCK

1. Hijacking the Counterculture

2. "Who the fk gives a poop about your opinion"

3. The Purloined Letter

4. Fascism is Corporatism

5. President Kek

6. Reclaiming Operation Mindfuck

PART THREE: IF YOU'RE INTO EATING CHILDREN'S BRAINS, YOU'VE GOT A FOUR-YEAR FREE RIDE: A QANON BEDTIME STORY

Acknowledgments

Notes

About the Author.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-68219-332-2

OCLC:

1330935588