Did Donald Trump create a #MAGA utopia during his presidency? What’s the deal with QAnon? Is Trumpism a cult? Trigger warning: reality
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Watch this video! It features a great breakdown of QAnon, an interview with cult expert Rick Ross, and tips on how to help someone out of QAnon or another cult.
David Neiwert’s book Red Pill Blue Pill: How to Counteract the Conspiracy Theories That Are Killing Us
Rick Alan Ross’ book Cults Inside Out
Steven Hassan’s book The Cult of Trump: A Leading Cult Expert Explains How the President Uses Mind Control(Hassan is a former “Moonie” cult member turned cult expert)
The ‘Shared Psychosis’ of Donald Trump and His Loyalists (Forensic psychiatrist Bandy X. Lee explains the outgoing president’s pathological appeal and how to wean people from it.)
A former QAnon believer answers all your questions about how the cult really works
An eye-opening interview with a former QAnon believer
r/QAnonCasualties, a Reddit board where people tell their stories of what QAnon cost them
The psychological needs QAnon feeds
What makes people believe in conspiracy theories?
Why people latch on to conspiracy theories, according to science
An Analysis of Trump Supporters Has Identified 5 Key Traits
A game designer’s analysis of QAnon
The people who died in the Capitol attack
USA Today’s timeline of Capitol Hill riot
Biden inauguration leaves QAnon believers in disarray
The QAnon ‘Storm’ Never Struck. Some Supporters Are Wavering, Others Steadfast
QAnon Supporters Think Donald Trump Will Be Sworn in as President on March 4
Vox’s timeline of Trump encouraging hate groups and political violence
GQ’s timeline of Trump corruption scandals
Business Insider’s list of Trump’s biggest accomplishments and failures
It can happen here: Latin America’s lessons about autocrats unpunished
Faulty US Covid-19 response meant 130,000 to 210,000 avoidable deaths, report finds
The Belief That Trump Is a Messiah Is Rampant and Dangerous
The Conservative Cult of Victimhood
There’s a Term for What Happened at the Capitol This Week: ‘Whitelash’
Mass Delusion in America: What I heard from insurrectionists on their march to the Capitol
The Deep Story of Trumpism: Thinking about the Republican Party like a political psychiatrist
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