'Are we the sheep?': QAnon believers struggle to process Gavin Newsom recall election in California

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22. Everything is or can be the catalyzing event

That's how the scam keeps going. Republicans can't win statewide elections in California, so their only recourse is the recall. It worked against Gray Davis, and they're dropping the bucket in that well again. All they need do is get 50% + 1 vote to recall Newsom, and then the highest vote-getter among the also-rans is installed. In a wide-open field of dozens of candidates, the one who can command 25% of the malcontent vote will sail to victory if the recall is successful. Beats running an honest campaign during a regular election cycle and getting clobbered again.

For the QAnon knuckleheads, their edge-of-forever fantasy is an intoxicating brew. Things are going to hell, but they are in possession of secret hidden knowledge that will save them from the coming perdition. Meanwhile they have a ringside seat to watch all you non-believers get what's coming to you. Reality and facts are fighting a losing battle with the hardcore folks who have subsumed their personal identity to the pleasing fantasy.

One of our best hopes is that each disappointment, each predicted catalyzing event that fails, will discourage a few percent of these knuckleheads. Which is why the scam has to generate a new catalyst as soon as the latest one fails. Right now, I'm thinking that's their September 18 boogaloo, but they'll soon have another Doomsday designated.