The Future of Q

Adam Skillitzi

Where is part 2??

David Estes

Peak

Troy Rudnick

I remember when the posts were on qmap . pub , I think also qanon . pub. Maybe more on that?

Ethan Rork

part 2!!!?????!!!!!???

Dang, we really need part 2 here!

Great work and thanks for the thoughtful commentary. I think some of the most powerful aspects of your work rest in your ability to help construct accessible language and syntax for others; whether that is through symbology or more clear use of language/framing. I mean, preventing class solidarity has always been a goal. Whether Q or something else.

Marissa

Hi Andrew - thank you for all that you do. Your words: "If we continue to punch down on these people, invalidate their concerns, and punish them for their beliefs, it will only enhance their complex of martyrdom and self-victimization." really resonated with me. We are so lucky to have a journalist like you right now.

Justin Scholtens

amazing 😂

Dowo2987

aww man, that sounds really painful :( wishing you and your family all the best! probably it is better for him if you don't break contact, but it is a tough decision really ):

Can you upload the full uncut interview with Austin Steinbart? I wanted to hear more of what he was saying

lilsand

I've never heard anyone speak like Austin in my life, woah, its like feeling a new colour!

Part 2?

Apple Parts

Love the comedic timing and delivery on this one. "But deep down, I wanted to cry, because I knew he was right."

moon_tide

so Q is just an AI program ? you mentioned that he's not a trump reporter and only wants to see a complete upheaval of the American political system. I was confused as to why the q shaman would want to hang out with him. it seems like he just duped all these people and I thought that's where it was going. then it seems he believes all the conspiracies and complains about being gang stalked, which is a weird paranoia some people have. who knows. it was a great video and I throughly enjoyed it. the content has been amazing.

Yuri Sagastume

holly fuck dude how are people so dumb?

Jamesdean00

Hey Alonso the cOoO0oOol thing about conspiracy theories is you dont have to Prove them you have to KNOW about them lol

noah ferguson

Can't imagine the hours you have to put in to get this good of footage. Thanks, Channel 5!

Miccalo

I empathize with your sentiments of impending doom, and the futility as it nears. I've come to understand that humans will always believe what they want to, good or bad, through wishful thinking. It's a natural bias we all have, and part of why we're so manipulatable. Separately, power corrupts. I'd argue that is because "we are all beholden to the limitless capacity of human greed." Combine that concept with deferred accountability the larger a business grows, and of course we end up here. But the real noodle is whether I'm choosing to only focus on the rotten bits because it upholds my world view, a la wishful thinking. As ever, objective introspection and therapy to hone technique are the answers for humans to improve themselves. I have no idea how to fix a broken system, however, and fear whatever answers we'll eventually receive.

The New Vegas clip ☠️

Sam Ellis

Thankyou Andrew this is important

Can I just say that my Dad is a firm Qanon believer, I'm a M22 and he recently just got kicked out of my family home due to no longer paying bills and constantly trying to convince us that "IT" was coming, since the 2020 election he was slowly exposed to this specific podcase I wish I knew the name (if enough people are interested I could probably find out) but he always said what he was doing was for us. My Dad never was a religious person until he started to get into sound healing and all of the Qanon rabbit hole until a point where he said that god had spoke to him, there was even a point when I had moved out where he was saying that there was an alien inside of our attic. It's easy to wrap this up into "oh hes crazy" and you'd be right to an extent, but it just frustrates our family so much because at the end of the day we've realized it's a sort of mid life crisis and he's found new meaning with a highly supportive and enabling group. He's currently living with some woman he met on tour for a group talking about vaccines and all sorts of things, he wrapped me into attending and filming 1 or 2 before (being a channel 5 fan I felt like I was undercover) I saw cutt outs of Mike Lindell and a bunch of other merchandise, I've slowly come to realize the sadness that is how these people are being taken advantage of with their money, and it makes me think of how my Dad had bought trump coins around 2021 saying they'd be worth millions. I just want to say thank you, I've tried showing my Dad your video on the war in Ukraine and he always will find an excuse onto how he's right and I'm wrong. My biggest fear is seeing how most to if not all of these theories can tie into the hitler wasn't a bad guy, he told my brother the other day that it was Christians who were killed during the holocaust. Not sure how to act around him anymore and I'm almost to the point of no contact but part of me wants to hold on hope that he'll realize how mislead hes been.

I know I'm late to the conversation but around the 4:45 mark he starts talking about being "gang stalked" and "targeted" (probably an allusion to the concept of being a "targeted individual"). I met someone a few years ago who used the same language, and when I looked it up I discovered it's basically a manifestation of schizophrenia, the answer to the question "What would happen if people hallucinating a conspiracy theory like John Nash in A Beautiful Mind could link up in a subreddit". NYT did an interesting deep dive into the phenomenon here: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/11/health/gang-stalking-targeted-individuals.html

MySelf69

i must admit that I don't factually know if it has been going that long but it sure feels like it. If it only literally began during this Ai-"birth" era than g'damn it's effective. Sheesh.

MySelf69

Opinion (obviously) - that whole Q bullshit, who has been massively spread by Alex Jones (think thats the name) has been going on LOOONG before the level of AI that they supposedly claim. That dude is on serious bullshit if I ever saw anything. I pity whoever believes this bullshit 'cause this is indeed some serious bullshit excuse to get attention from those dudes on the video.

MySelf69

as much as your inquisitions seem validated on objective search, I urge you to remember that channel 5 is but a journalism entity. To notify, to share, to document. Time is needed for the answers you seek,

Alonso Benavente Fortes

Andrew I'm so confused about a bunch of things... So if this guy is for real, and he is part of a hacker group that claims to have made the Q AI to spread misinformation and cause havoc... does he actually believe some of the conspiracies they are sharing? or non of them and its all to stir up people? or both? do they have evidence of some of this conspiracies? Do you trust his word? or is it that he's in fact part of the shared q anon hysteria and he's just taken a place proclaiming to be part of its inception? And if he is to be trusted that he is actually part of this group and Q is indeed an AI Psyops... why is none one talking about this in the mainstream media at all? I don't see it any web search engine, news, wikis... why does no one know this? And if all of this is true and his claims are legit??... could the group be prosecuted as a first legal precedent of AI psyops operations on civilians done by an insurrection group? As in could the be blamed for what happened in the capitol? Can't wait for the other parts to come! This is all very insightful

FunPumperton

This video is pure gold. No one else has the balls to deep dive and connect with people like this on a base level. You never know what you might discover along the way. Thanks Andrew

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Karen Vano

I wish we could clone you Andrew. Not in a Q way..just in the normal "the world needs more like you" way!

Alvaro

11:58 is a Coug. Keep asking about milfs. 🤙🏽✨ Glad you’re back. Hot damn. I Almost canceled my subscription… Thought they made you stay silent. Stay above. And keep producing this!! The only journalism I can decipher myself. Andrew if you want some free good tattoos. Hit my IG @troubadour_tattoo I gotchu and your crew. ( at least once) Just let me know. Check out my work. Hope We can connect. Would be an honor. No vid or promotion wanted. Just dope tat for ya boiis - your favorite fan. This is Stan. Jk Alvaro.

Gary Eddy

Shit like this is why they came for you. Glad to see it back

William Stone

when the music cuts while the woman says “it’s not just blm, we’re all slaves”. fuckin genius.

I think that while it's true older people don't have the same media savvy we younger generations do, my coworker who sits next to me, is 30 years old, and he is still caught up in all this. Fully Anti-Semitic, QAnon, #savethechildren, all that. He thinks Hawaii was set on fire by the government, and he's only four years older than me. We went to the same high school and had the same teachers. Sometimes you have to wonder.

Looks like new parts will be dropped each week. He'll probably have a complete version after all the parts are released.

Can you please post the full interview with the Q AI dude??

You mentioned the use of deepfake technology used during the Ukraine conflict in your description. I'm wondering if this is something you could dive deeper into; as I never heard much about it and would love to see what you could show us.

Harrison Lefford

I still don’t get the ikea protest, they protested ikea by going there. Right after she got done saying all of that

Gavin

Division is the entire problem. Religion worst of all.

Now ask the shaman if he's a proud boy or maybe he's not you can see he means well but he is blaming and rooting for the same side ...trump is a billionaire and all the others...

garrett

can we get the entire interview w the guy who made the q ai?

Sid Mullendore

New vid today? 555555?

BDC Ky

Why does the German ai guy look like evil jerma.

I totally just subscribed and I'm definitely using this interview along with possibly the QAnon Shaman for my research paper this semester for grad school. Thank you for doing what you do!

Jeremy

Great introspective breakdown. I 100% agree in the main points - internet literacy is a real problem that must be addressed through educational means - it’s likely that whatever drives Q has the primary purpose of dividing the US - best practice to overcome this is through empathy, non-judgmental listening and support. Thanks for all the hard work you do!

LOL the New Vegas Clip had me dying

demlet

While I agree with the assessment of what Qanon has caused, intentionally or not - that is, a breakdown in working class cohesion and solidarity, to the benefit of a wealthy minority, the irony's not lost on me that from the other "side" such an assessment looks a lot like, well, a conspiracy theory. Maybe the world has become too complicated for us to understand anymore. Sociological research suggests humans evolved to thrive in groups of only about 150 or so...

Emmynette

Great post

Morris Wein

Everything you wrote for this video… damn. Hit the nail on the head through a lot of that. Whether or not your just another cog in the AI apparatus of the dreaded Q, I’m happy you’re back.

Joby Treegoob

Truth

djio

Sure sounds like it. Also gotta love that he’s (allegedly) a descendant of an Operation Paperclip immigrant from Nazi Germany… he sure looks the part

bccs22

It's easy to do that, to laugh at their expense. Unfortunately that's not going to help the situation or get any of them to wake up to reality. It'll only make them dig their heels even more.

bccs22

Has Q really done anything they could be prosecuted for? Just posted on message boards and likely from another country. Strange that the writing style changed so much at certain points. Def could be AI now but I think it was originally a person or group of people who at times had someone feeding them information and helping to shape it's narrative.

Bob

You can write well. Hope the attempted shame-fest didnt affect you too badly and you have some good friends around you.

Sid Mullendore

Wait hol up, is Jacob Chansley a far left accelerationist?

Channel 5

I’d assume they basically stopped marketing it shortly after it’s release .. which includes international distribution

Clued

Cheers for the great write up and video Andrew, very succinct and well rounded deduction of the Q phenomenon.

aintnoprophet

There is left and right accelerationists

aintnoprophet

The lack of prosecution could simply point to Psyop instead and it is just CIA/FBI interns posting on 4Chan. I'm certainly not an AI expert but even if 'they' had something like Chat GPT at the start of 'Q' (likely) it would have to have still been managed by someone. I would think.

bccs22

When is the rest of the This Place Rules going to drop. At the end of the Q shaman video you said the HBO version was only half of it and you'd put the rest on here.

bccs22

Have you tried every vpn? I had to try several in Europe on vacation before I found one that worked. I think it was expressvpn but it's been a while and I tried a lot of them.

Allen Sunshine

The most entertaining 5$ i spend in a month

One Full Time Equivalent

best part was the "3 months old, cause 9 months, you know" haha

djdeutschebahn

Really enjoyed the write up! And the video too

Channel 5

The AI theory is most obvious in the lack of prosecutions of anyone involved in ‘Q.’ The fact that they over-sentence Q consumers like Jake Chansley yet seemingly haven’t nabbed a single person promoting insurrectionary propaganda online

“the New England Patriots of ritualistic child abuse” incredible

Fortysevenish

You’re breakdown of everything is genuinely incredible.. I love your videos but please write more , I couldn’t have explained it any better you truly are a great mind and a gift to our generation. Will make sure to keep my subscription going love u bro

Well said Andrew. Amazing work!

Sid Mullendore

I liked much of it but the conclusions were lackluster.

Sid Mullendore

That into the storm doc was cheap.

Sid Mullendore

I doubt he has any control of it.

Can you release This Place Rules in Australia? We can’t watch it without illegally downloading or using VPNS.

Jori Vajretti

Holy shit, you found an accelerationist. Those kinds of people, no matter what they want to accelerate towards, are terrifying. I wonder if there will be a psyop that mobilizes the left in a similar way.

Channel 5

It’s still posting. Can’t be Ron

Suitable Alias

wait, is this about q post ron watkins (see the 2021 doc q: into the storm) i thought there was already a lot of coverage/resolution on this topic?

Anthony Nittolo

Hell yeah dude

Sid Mullendore

Yr KILLIN it Andrew. Killin it.

B Hall

Watching this with a newborn is infuriating. How could someone use the love of children to fuel such a sinister plot and get people on board with this Q Anon bullshit? I'm legitimately worried about our future if we can't get people to recognize deep fakes, propaganda, and other false narratives that drive division in our society.

Rhythm Assisted Poetry

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Seth Pearson

Beautiful write up 🌟

Moriah

My family (in-laws side) loves to trash the Q crowd (honestly anyone who is a trump supporter, conspiracy theorist, prepper, etc). I try to play devil’s advocate but it’s pretty exhausting so a lot of the time I don’t engage. They are loving and compassionate people, but they have a mental block when it comes to these groups and easily dehumanize them.

Ron Swanson

I cannot stress the need for true and honest story telling/journalism. Thank you. From someone who has left all but a few platforms, this is greatly appreciated.

Stone Philip Osborne

So fucking glad you're back.

Matty P

"God bless you Sweden"

Lemaire’s right nut

The chaos of America is so much easier to digest through Channel 5 News. Glad you’re back!

Keelia Silvis

I enjoyed the video, and I appreciate you explicitly endorsing compassion & connection in your post.

aintnoprophet

Hell ya. Would like more information establishing some evidence of the AI theory. I wholly agree on the Q as a Psyop tho. One of the biggest issues in our society is perpetuating classism.

I’m so glad you’re back. The channel 5 team are the documentarians of our generation creating a time capsule of the chaos around us. Thank you for all of your hard work and efforts.

fuckin pumped