like there’s a lot of good talk in there about how conspiracy cults operate by suppressing doubt or dissent while making you think YOU’RE the only one enlightened enough to tHiNk cRiTiCaLlY, which i’d never really put together on my own but is COMPLETELY true (not just for q anon but in any group that thrives on groupthink and us-against-them fundamentalist behavior). but also, this took me OUT