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Interesting it’s not only American related. Makes you think doesn’t it
I didn't realize it was a worldwide movement until I made the horrible discovery that the woman who's pretty much composed every Castlevania game is a full on Q nut. That one hurt. >

Whaaat...  why..  that sucks. I love that music. >

Most amazing artists are terrible humans. Seems to be part of the formula. >

"Most" is quite an exaggeration >

Ah, no. They meant Moist. Moist artists are terrible humans. >

There are Qanon members in Japan? I thought this was a purely American mental disease.... We are screwed if this has gone into a full blown pandemic. >

My god. They're in the city protesting every weekend in Melbourne.  These people have no life >

What are they protesting? >

Basically the same shit that the AmeriQans are, but with Australian names. Instead of Nancy Pelosi and Anthony Fauci, it's Alexander Downer and Julie Bishop. 
Otherwise, it's a very similar picture: government conspiracy, "muh rights" (to oppress), China, COVID, COVID lockdowns, vaccine denialism, science denialism, antisemitism, anti-immigration... >

But the lockdowns and vaccine requirements are over aren’t they? >

Oh, you try telling them that. The more clever ones have moved on to protesting the possibility of future lockdowns during another pandemic that they have decided in advance will also be fake like COVID. >

How the fuck is this shit still going on and going this far around the globe >

No clue. In Canada, the "freedom convoy" dipshits are talking of doing an encore. About what? Who the fuck knows..... >

They got attention, and now they want more.  It's a small group of attention whores. >

And they can use it to grift even stupider people >


"QAnon is rooted in the belief that governments and established institutions are lying to the public"

I mean, they do, frequently. But not usually well enough that you'd need a conspiracy theorist to spot it, or figure out the reasons. >

Im literally sure the Maricopa, Detroit, and Dade election county officials were on a call with elected  VA Secretary of State who was presenting them with ways to rig the elections and they all like totally agreed about everything and then went home to eat dinner with their families. >

I’d not be surprised if my wife’s cousin is a member or close to it.
He shook his head when I told him that I’d already had 5 shots.
He also is afraid of electricity and can feel it when he gets near an electrical line.
His phone has “blockers” on it (looks like aluminum foil to me).
He also advised us on the proper way to drink water which I’ll not bore you with the details of. 
This is to say nothing of his views on foods. >

All that sounds like nonsense except the electrical line thing I think? At least the big metal tower lines we have in the states emit a strong hum that you can definitely hear, if not faintly feel. >

Plus those will give you cancer >

They will not. >

What a bunch of assQlowns... >


The Japanese network has become one of QAnon’s most sophisticated and active outside of the United States with its own ideologies and influencers

Japan is the last place id think Q would exist. Thats depressoig >

Why? Do you have some ill conceived notion that all Japanese are smarter than everyone else? Stupid people exist everywhere. >

QAnon is a conspiracy about Donald Trump and the US government, isn't it? Why would so many Japanese people care about that and believe there's a connection in Japan? It's not about intelligence, it's about locality and relevance to their lives. >

It’s a far right movement, ultimately, which Japan is absolutely no stranger to. Just follow what the imperialists did after WWII and you’ll see it everywhere. Furthermore, Japan is quite the hotbed for cults. The Unification Church is the latest one to make world news due to the assassination, but if you consider historical events like the sarin gas attacks then you can see how frequent and far back cult activity goes. >


It’s a far right movement, ultimately, which Japan is absolutely no stranger to.

Yes, but again, to my knowledge it's very specific to US politics. I'd be just as surprised to hear there are tens of thousands of Japanese followers of a Hungarian or Kenyan far-right movement. >

New brand of religion. >

So what’s the Japanese flavor of Q like? Do they have a Japan-centric version of the great awakening? Is Trump supposed to be its harbinger or do they have an equivalent Japanese cult figure? So many questions… >

I haven’t actually seen any of these people, but if I had to guess, I’d say they probably exploit existing flavors of Japanese crazy like antivax and xenophobic. >

Yeah 100% they’re anti-Chinese immigration people who just tacked on the idea that Chinese people are bringing in Covid. >

I mean given how conservative and authoritarian Japan is I'm not entirely surprised this kind of thing has spread like wildfire there. Edit: the use of the word wildfire is alarmist and misleading. I apologise, 10s of thousands of people is a mind boggling amount and very unnerving but there are many more people in the nation.
Absolutely batshit though. >

Vaccination isn’t politicized like back in the US. 80-90 percent is vaxxed. Japan is conservative, yes, but definitely isn’t authoritarian. it’s quite the opposite. It’s a weak ass govt and has no power to enforce anything, even during emergency. Never had any mask mandate, can’t enforce social distancing, and most definitely can’t enforce any sort of lockdown. Restaurants and bars were able to operate even at the peak of the pandemic. The only thing the govt were able to do is “strongly urge” people to follow their guidelines. >

Japan has a strong authoritarian bent to it's culture regardless of it's government structure and it's  what's killing the nation right now. 
My point was these kinds of values can lead to the radicalisation you see from conspiracy theorists. The oppression they feel whether real or imagined creates the sense of distrust in everything commonly accepted. 
That's all I was getting at. >

I don’t see how people generally willing to follow the rules considered authoritarian. Maybe it’s more of your perception of japan from reading Reddit? I’ve been here about 10 years now, FYI. >


favoring or enforcing strict obedience to authority, especially that of the government, at the expense of personal freedom.

Authority is in many forms. Obedience to elders, rules, customs, societal rules all falls under authoritarianism because you are following and recognizing an authority.
Authoritarian is not always bad and does not always mean a dictatorship, it is used to describe belief and political systems.
A less offensive word is collectivist because they dont like the word authoritarian. >

How the hell did such a stupid movement go global? >

There are QAnon dummies in Japan?  Oh man, I thought they were way smarter than that. >

I KNEW it would go global, why does all the stupid crap in the US have to get spread around. My god... >

It was a terminally online cult, anyone terminally online was bound to hear about it. Being able to read English was the only barrier to entry, and there’s always at least one linguist out there who’s willing to translate. >

Is this the "woke mind virus" the Twitter oligarch was referring to? If so, it's spreading across the globe now. >

QAnon fools should be required to wear a sign warning others how stupid they are. >

Doesn’t myocarditis exist in the air inside those centers? I’m concerned for their health now. >

The utter core of conspiratorial thinking is that there exists secretive groups of such overwhelming and staggering influence and competency that they can manipulate the entire globe at will, simultaneously exercising coordinated efforts at nearly every level government, military, academic, and economic structures without ever openly revealing their true purpose or interconnectivity.
Frankly if there exists organizations capable of that level of logistical talent, they really SHOULD be running everything, because they are clearly best qualified >

I am so sorry for everyone in the world that our whack jobs have infiltrated… we tried to stop it at ground zero but stupid knows no bounds…. >

Believe different all you want but fuck with other peoples' intravenous medicine? That's fucking terrorism at the least. Despicable! >

it's one thing if these idiots want to not be vaccinated, or wear a mask in public ... but it's an entirely differently level of stupid to try an impose that on the rest of us.
they can just eliminate themselves from the gene pool and spare us their damage. >

The members “dared to commit the crime for the purpose of forcing their own beliefs...........”
Well, we here in the United States certainly know how that feels. >

An equally suitable headline:
QAnon in Japan! >

It’s nice to know that stupid breaks all cultural barriers. >

hand-slap.  that means they will be back on the streets to create more chaos. >

So they're internationally stupid, gullible, and self serving? >

I love it in the U.S. when they do this shit. The more of these idiots who get prosecuted and gain a felony, the more who lose their right to vote. 
The irony of Republican led suppression of voting rights against formally convicted felons keeps a lot of these idiots from being able to vote until they are off probation. This is particularly gratifying (assuming they're even half assed convicted). >

Huh, it never occurred to me that a place like Japan would have QAnon members. I guess they are quite a conservative nation, but I thought their kind of conservative was less... stupid. >

Remember that QAnon is about as “conservative” as the Nazi party was “socialist.” What they really are is a radical pro-terrorism cult, the type of thing which has unfortunately often attracted Japanese people here and there. >

I guess it isn't just North America that's cheaped out on mental healthcare. >

On a positive note, it is nice to know Americans do not have an exclusive on fucked up people. The world is full of them! >

Yeah, but this time we're definitely patient zero. >

It's like a virus. Just keeps spreading. >

I thought what I'd do was, I'd pretend I was one of those deaf-mutes. >

Damn. They just let them loose back into public in America after shot like that. Good job locking that fool away Japan. >

TIL there are QAnon nuts in countries other than the United States. >

I've never considered an international following as so many of the conspiracy theories are centered on American politics (shocking, self-centered Americans). What are some of the international conspiracy theories? Do British followers show up for fake parades waiting for Margaret Thatcher to reveal herself? >

International?  Mostly flat earthers, lizard people, Jewish cabals, new world order, that sort of nonsense. >

Ahh yes, the classics.