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disarm citizens and defund the police. They promote abortion, transgender rights, and homosexu- ality. They want open borders so brown illegal aliens can invade America and mongrelize the white race. QAnon true believers think Donald Trump will rescue America from this Satanic cabal. At the time of “The Storm,” sup- porters of the cabal will be round- ed up and executed. The QAnon conspiracy theory has now spread to neo-Nazis in Germany, where over 200,000 German QAnon accounts infest the internet. A faction known as “Reichsbürger,” or citizens of the Reich, orchestrated a brief storm- ing of Parliament on Aug. 29. Many people are perplexed at how any rational person could fall for such an irrational conspiracy theory. But modern social science shows that people in groups don’t always think rationally. They res- pond to fear and terror. They blame their misfortunes on scapegoats. They support narcissistic dema- gogues they hope will rescue them. In the 1930’s, millions of Europeans were unemployed. Violent battles between Nazis and Communists raged in city streets. Democratic governments were powerless. Fascist dictators ruled Spain and Italy. Hitler took power in Germany and conquered Wes- tern Europe. Stalin’s Communists conquered the East. The Hitler- Stalin Pact sealed totalitarian rule over most of Europe. It took World War II and the deaths of millions to defeat the Nazis’ genocidal tyran- ny, and another 50 years to free the gulags of the Soviet Union. T oday the American people suf- fer from a Plague. Millions of Americans have lost their jobs. Angry mobs roam American cities and battle militarized police and heavily armed militias. The American government seems to be paralyzed. Dictators rule Russia and China. Islamic fascists rule Saudi Arabia and the old Ottoman and Persian empires. The Amer- ican President appeases Russia, scapegoats China for the pandem- ic, and looks the other way as Vladimir Putin and Saudi Arabia’s Mohammed bin Salman murder their opponents. In July, the Texas Republican party unveiled a new slogan, “We Are the Storm.” Over a dozen Republicans running for Congress have signaled support for the QAnon movement. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Republican can- didate from Georgia who has endorsed QAnon’s views — and has posted a video attacking Black people, Muslims and Jews is likely to win a seat in Congress. The President praises her as a “future Republican star.” The Trump cam- paign welcomed QAnon support- ers to his rallies. When asked about QAnon on national television, the President replied, “I understand that they like me very much, which I appreciate.” Some leading Republicans have spoken out against QAnon. Rep. Liz Cheney, chairwoman of the House Republican Conference, has denounced QAnon as “dangerous lunacy that should have no place in American politics.” Republican leaders such as Illinois Rep. Adam Kinzinger and Nebraska’s Sen. Ben Sasse have also denounced QAnon. Former Gov. Jeb Bush has said of QAnon, “Nut jobs, racists, haters have no place in either Party.” The world has seen QAnon before. It was called Nazism. In QAnon, Nazism is seeking to make a comeback. Gregory H. Stanton is the former Research Professor in Genocide Studies and Prevention at the George Mason University. Justsecurity.org Guise continued from page 8 QAnon’s conspiracy theory, a rebranded version of the “Protocols of the Elders of Zion,” is a threat to Jews. JEWISH WORLD • OCTOBER 16-22, 2020 15 The group’s true believers think Donald Trump will rescue America — and the world — from the Satanic cabal. German faction of QAnon, known as “Reichsbürger,” or citizens of the Reich, orchestrated a brief storming of the country’s parliament on Aug. 29. In Germany, over 200,000 QAnon groups exist on the internet. Neo-Nazis embraced the movement. Stark evidence that QAnon’s influence is growing in Great Britain, published by Wired, an American magazine that examines how technology impacts politics and culture.