An article in The Guardian reports “Researchers who track how the far right in the US mobilizes, self-promotes and recruits are reporting that women are playing a growing role in the movement.”
My initial response is I wondered why would women be attracted to such things?
But then my thoughts ran to religion here in the U.S. Those who actually practice their religion run stronger in women than in men. I have often found this fascinating because of the misogyny of Christian churches. They claim God told them that women were not to become priests or pastors, for example. Or the notorious dictum that women were to be silent in church, or never teach a man, etc.
But religion is a social tool. The elites have used it forever to control the masses which outnumber them. The promise of rewards in the afterlife are supposed to get us to ignore that they are getting their rewards in this life.
Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the philosophers as false, and by the rulers as useful. —Seneca the Younger
Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich. —Napoléon Bonaparte
So, clearly religion is working against the self-interests of women, but I can see that women think they can use religion to control the men in their lives. We claim to be “civilized” but men are still violent and especially tend to impose their wills on the less powerful, especially women. So it does make some sense that women would be the religious stalwarts compared to men.
And, as Voltaire said so very long ago “Anyone who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.” So, QAnon believers who happen to be religious believers were primed to believe absolute bullshit, like QAnon, through the teachings of their churches. And “believing” becomes an exercise in fidelity, fidelity to an “authority” which is no more transparent than that of their churches.
Q! Praise be! Point made.
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