According to The New York Times, “The plan was to storm the German Capitol, arrest lawmakers and execute the chancellor. A prince descended from German nobility would take over as the new head of state, and a former far-right member of Parliament would be put in charge of a national purge. … One of the sites raided on Wednesday was a military barracks. Among those detained around the country were a member of the far-right Alternative for Germany, or AfD, party who had served in the German Parliament; a German prince; and a Russian citizen accused of supporting the group’s plans. Federal prosecutors said that they were investigating a total of 27 other suspects as well. Prosecutors said the group was formed in the past year, influenced by the ideologies of the conspiracy group QAnon and a right-wing German conspiracy group called the Reichsbürger, or Citizens of the Reich, which believes that Germany’s post-World War II Republic is not a sovereign country but a corporation set up by the victorious Allies. … In recent years, and especially since the pandemic, the group gained new energy as its followers and thinking combined with the conspiracy theories of the QAnon movement, in particular seeing a threat from the so called ‘deep state,’ a shadowy cabal of corrupt elites they imagine running the government.”
There is so much to unpack in this article and even in this short excerpt. Perhaps the most shameful — yet entirely predictable and falling into the “but of course” category of irony — aspect of this failed coup in Germany is its roots in QAnon, in part. Imagine that! America exports its fucktarded craziness around the world. I expected nothing less! I have long said America’s stupidity breeds; little did I know it crosses borders. Perhaps that is a bit too unfair. Perhaps I should be casting aspersions more generally: Humanity, not just Americans, has a fatal flaw of being stupid, especially in the realm of conspiracy theories. I’m sure I could find some biological, sociological, or psychological theories as to why humans are susceptible to crazy bullshit stories, but I’ll cut right to the chase: It’s a brain defect. What would you think if someone said to you that “Germany’s post-World War II Republic is not a sovereign country but a corporation set up by the victorious Allies.” What the fuck is it with people that see boogymen everywhere? This is not normal. It is not healthy for any society, which is why I believe these people should be eliminated from humanity. I have no words for such incomprehensible stupidity, yet too many accept imbecile thoughts as knowledge. And that brings me to my next point.
The pervasiveness of such beliefs in those rounded up in Germany is astonishing. A lawmaker turned judge, policemen, military personnel, royalty, and various fruitcake conspiracy theorists. This is no different than America, except here in America, we condone all this craziness because Americans are a special kind of fucking stupid.
My last point should serve as a warning to everyone. Conspiracy theorists and violent morons worldwide are getting more organized and diligent. We have been living in a relatively peaceful era where these fucktards, which have always been with us, are getting more popular, and if left unchecked, these far-right, deep-state conspiracy theorists will get the upper hand. It’s happened once before recently: 1930s Germany! Watch out, people. The crazies are starting to take over the asylum.