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In reply to the discussion: QAnon Almost Destroyed My Relationship. Then My Relationship Saved Me From QAnon. [View all]karynnj
(59,504 posts)but rather that she became a big Bernie supporter because she READ INTO BERNIE her own anti establishment ideas.
While it is true that Bernie cares deeply about income inequality, he is not against government. Think about the fact that Democratic Socialist are actually in favor of bigger government. In fact, a Burlington area Rabbi, who was a close friend of his for years constantly mentioned that he should speak of FDR - who championed programs in line with things Bernie spoke of rather than speaking of Denmark! In addition, Bernie himself, to my knowledge, never claimed a conspiracy against him. This is true even though it was clear that the Democratic party quickly lined up behind Clinton.
More importantly, she admits that she already was prone to considering conspiracy theories rather than looking for more prosaic reasons. I suspect that the same "follow the dots" type logic in some left wing conspiracy theories - where the lines between the dots start out believable then gradually become more questionable requiring progressively more willingness to accept connections that require a lot of stretching.
That said -- I don't believe this account is real. Consider that at the end, it says Dave lost his job because he couldn't do it and cope with her. This even though they limited the number of times she could speak of Q. It is hard to believe that she had time for all her research and a job. Yet, nothing is said about the consequences of no longer having income.