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QAnon is carefully and cynically designed to be engaging. It's a package of shock-value emotional hooks known to be sticky with low-information voters who slant
by TheOtherHobbes 6y ago
QAnon is carefully and cynically designed to be engaging. It's a package of shock-value emotional hooks known to be sticky with low-information voters who slant towards moral narcissism and authoritarianism.
The arts have to work harder. There are certain stock tropes and narratives musicians and movie producers can draw on, with varying degrees of deliberate awareness. But the target demographics are more varied, and some are even mutable. So it's harder to hit the bullseye with any consistency.