1/Apocalyptic Christianity.
Gold Standard.
John Birch Society.
Libertarianism.
Silver hoarding.
NESARA.
UFO Cults.
Cryptocurrencies.
All share one common narrative…
Gold Standard.
John Birch Society.
Libertarianism.
Silver hoarding.
NESARA.
UFO Cults.
Cryptocurrencies.
All share one common narrative…
2/An impure out-group has imposed its will (and DNA) on an oppressed in-group, cast as a victim, and a minority remnant of a lost faith.
The day will come when the evildoers are judged for their sins; there will be chaos; the wheat shall be separated from the chaff.
The day will come when the evildoers are judged for their sins; there will be chaos; the wheat shall be separated from the chaff.
3/This narrative is what glues the JBS right together.
In-groups: “Christians,” gold-bugs, mystics, skeptics, crypto, rural nationalists, eugenicists, preppers
Out-groups: Fed. Reserve, “Jews,” science, establishment, universities, elites, banks, “Wall Street,” intl globalists
In-groups: “Christians,” gold-bugs, mystics, skeptics, crypto, rural nationalists, eugenicists, preppers
Out-groups: Fed. Reserve, “Jews,” science, establishment, universities, elites, banks, “Wall Street,” intl globalists
4/Many in crypto-land don’t understand this is the network and tradition they’re joining into. But it’s indisputable. This is the crack Steve Bannon is trying to widen to split the planet along this axis; he is amplifying old historical divides and suspicions.
5/Here is a video from 10 years ago by Porter Stansberry, part of this libertarian goldbug network, warning about all the same things the crypto bros are warning about now.
The inflation, collapse, chaos, and judgment day he warns of never came.
The inflation, collapse, chaos, and judgment day he warns of never came.
6/The crypto-bros have copy-pasted this narrative, which would not have been out of place in 1934 or 1980, and updated it with new loaded language, symbols and mysticism to bring about a new cult that seems fresh. But at its core it is a retelling of these prior myths.
7/It’s also a rehash of the infamous “Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion” which cast Jewish bankers and mercantilists as the out-group. That, of course, led to 6 million dead.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Proto…
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Proto…
8/There are of course many people drawn into the crypto milieu who would reject these groups, but it’s very difficult to untangle these projects from this history, because it emerged from this JBS/libertarian milieu.
9/Steve Bannon et al, in positioning the crypto space, knew it would attract the fascist right that was aware of this history.
He also knew he would attract young people and the middling bourgeoisie frustrated by the establishment and its (apparent) rigged apparatus.
He also knew he would attract young people and the middling bourgeoisie frustrated by the establishment and its (apparent) rigged apparatus.
10/Crypto, for many, offers a kind of “shortcut” to wealth, prosperity, status, and meaning that bypasses old establishment gatekeepers.
It also would seem to accelerate the confrontation between the pure (GMI) and impure (NGMI). In this way, it is a doomsday or UFO cult.
It also would seem to accelerate the confrontation between the pure (GMI) and impure (NGMI). In this way, it is a doomsday or UFO cult.
11/Let me assure you that were it not for people trying to weaponize the rank and file (Bannon, Putin, Thiel, Kochs, carbon interests) the crypto space would be but a sideline tech curiosity. Its potency and utility comes in its capacity to challenge US hegemony in a broad way.
12/People embedded in the cult will reject this characterization. That’s expected. But this analysis is correct.
People attracted to the space but not to Steve Bannon, Putin, or Thiel need to distance themselves, figure out what they believe in, and start working on that.
People attracted to the space but not to Steve Bannon, Putin, or Thiel need to distance themselves, figure out what they believe in, and start working on that.
13/Only by vocally separating from this historic tradition can you avoid being used by these odious characters for their illiberal, eugenicist aims.
Richard Hofstadter called this the “Paranoid Style” in American politics.
harpers.org/archive/1964/1…
Richard Hofstadter called this the “Paranoid Style” in American politics.
harpers.org/archive/1964/1…
14/If, on reflection, you think you do agree with Bannon, Brock Pierce, Peter Thiel, Putin, Robert Welch, Ron Paul, Guy Ballard, Ayn Rand, Robert Lefevre, and the long tradition of American fascist libertarianism… well, that’s at least honest.
Own it. Defend it.
Own it. Defend it.
15/Otherwise, it’s time to #walkaway and declare that you reject this project and what it stands for. That you refuse to be a stooge of Bannon, Thiel and Putin, and you want to build something apart from them.
It’s time to decide.
It’s time to decide.
16/This long tradition, of a persecuted in-group that knows better than the out-group, is revived whenever there has been social upheaval and change, when governance becomes strained.
It is to be expected. But it’s time to put this devil back into the hole again. Join in.
It is to be expected. But it’s time to put this devil back into the hole again. Join in.
Take it from Musk himself. He is playing everyone and he knows it.
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1461245049585426435
Worth noting that Occupy had similar characteristics and they tested this, too. A broad 99% is easy to weaponize against a villainous 1%, and that 99% will contain people with both left and right orientations, who can be allied and weaponized.
The world is waking up.
https://twitter.com/ForeignAffairs/status/1463535436454891521
For additional reference...
https://twitter.com/davetroy/status/1463580201011531784?s=20
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