Now WTF is Going On? American Meltdown Edition
Channel: Rebel Wisdom
Date: 2021-01-14

In this latest film in Rebel Wisdom's Sensemaking Series, David Fuller attempts to make sense of an astonishing week for America and the world. From the scenes in the US Capitol, Q Anon making the final leap from fringe conspiracy theory to the centre of American government, to the reaction of big tech, Twitter booting Donald Trump and the demise of Parler.

In this talk and Q&A for the Rebel Wisdom Community, David tries to tease out the complexities of the situation, and how multiple narratives are clashing, and the fracture of the information landscape.

Links to news stories and podcasts discussed in the film are below.

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LINKS:

Jordan Hall, Situational Assessment 2017: Trump Edition: https://medium.com/deep-code/situational-assessment-2017-trump-edition-d189d24fc046

Bellingcat, The Making of QAnon: A Crowdsourced Conspiracy: https://www.bellingcat.com/news/americas/2021/01/07/the-making-of-qanon-a-crowdsourced-conspiracy/

Reply All, Country of Liars (the origins of Q Anon): https://gimletmedia.com/shows/reply-all/llhe5nm

Peter Pomerantsev, Propaganda and the War Against Reality (lecture): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgO_5uVPKF0

The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11, by Lawrence Wright: https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/lawrence-wright

QAnon Woke Up the Real Deep State, Arc Digital: https://arcdigital.media/qanon-woke-up-the-real-deep-state-72bbfcb79488

Why I’m so angry, John Jalsevac (A Conservative calls out his own side): https://johnjalsevac.com/2021/01/12/why-im-so-angry/?fbclid=IwAR1_dXaZp7NuZAPAcIVUoDskd_-T5C5oDSK4e-PQoS_9whCMukaMFQ80Vhc