Memes

We are witnessing right now how a religion gets started with the current hysteria by the radical alt left over the election of Donald Trump, and how beliefs are formulated, so that eventually many people in a society believe a lie. Like a virus, the false belief infects various members of a populace until it takes on a life of its own. Like many memes, there is usually am element of truth to it, because without that, it would be difficult to spread the meme, Usually the believers are eager to believe because of a perceived benefit to hold the belief being spread around.

So that I don't offend anyone, let me use Scientology as an example. These idiots believe a science fiction writer named L. Ron Hubbard who talked about an alien race populating the earth over a billion years ago and what he calls "thetans" inhabit the human body. Like other religions, L Ron Hubbard allegedly got a revelation. There are at least 25,000 firm believers and the IRS agreed it was a religion and they now now buy buildings all over the world tax free. Mormonism believes that a known huckster named Joseph Smith was shown the whereabouts of inscribed gold plates by a angel named Moroni. There are almost 15 million humans who believe this crap.

In both cases, there was a influential and persuasive individual with fervor who convinced other people of his beliefs and they went around with the same fervor and convinced a few others until it became like a snowball rolling downhill. five people convinced another 5 and it became 25, and those 25 convinced 25 others and it became 125 and those 125 became 15,625, and so on. In order to be convinced of the lie, there has to be something in it for the individual to make the lie worthwhile and comforting to believe in. Otherwise, the lie won't be believed and would just fade away rapidly to never be heard again.

Fast forward to modern times and we will see humans have not changed. The populace lost a presidential candidate that many saw as taking care of them with things such as free college, better pay for women (a lie), health care for all, fairness (rich people get their money confiscated). Their own personal savior was in effect killed right before their eyes. The person that was going to help them was suddenly taken away, and they were left wandering and wondering and very angry that the devil would do this to them. Where would their safety net be now? How would they be handle personal responsibility?

Along comes a rumor based on a hint that Russia may have hacked their candidates emails. Though no real proof and even though these emails showed just how ruthless their own candidate was in consorting with the media, the meme spread that Russia did it. A lady who barely got 1% of the vote challenges the votes in several states and gets millions in donations to do it, and makes a claim that Russia MAY have hacked into the voting machines. No proof. No nothing. Like L Ron Hubbard and Joseph Smith, just CLAIMS! But, they don't stop. They go to their media friends to spread the meme, because in doing so, that gives them the hope of regaining the power and prestige they had ripped from their fingertips.

The media is eager to believe this story and a few fervent believers in liberalism buy into it, and say "Yes. It must be true." and tell others, who tell others, until, like the telephone game, it gets spread by wildfire AS IF true! When the populace who were morose and down trodden because their savior lost hears it, they excitedly imagine that there is renewed hope. They tug on their friends shirt and say something like "Hey, did you hear that Russia wanted Trump to win and did 'something' to change the votes in 35 states that we don't know how they did it, but they did it?" When asked how the current administration could allow something like to happen under their noses, and are told that the recount that had already been done by hand in one state showed Trump to have had MORE votes than they gave him, none of that matters. Their desire to believe is so strong, they toss out all rationality and common sense because the belief that is being passed around is more comforting to them than the real truth.

I feel as if I am witnessing in real time just how Mormonism and Scientolgy began. Powerful, influential people yelling on TV with spitting anger that there is no way the candidate they loved could have lost and it was due to RUSSIA! People who also are upset their candidate lost are saying "Yes, that must be true. I believe it, too. Let's do something to throw that guy out of there who stole the election!" Almost like a witch burning, we are seeing the believers, the ones who were convinced of the lie, with pitch forks and torches running after the "evil" Trump to catch him and burn him at the stake. If they kill him, they get to maintain their beliefs.