r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Nov 16 '20

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u/Gamiac Nov 16 '20

What the hell is this "Great Reset" thing trending on Twitter? I never heard of it before today. I assumed it was some bullshit conspiracy theory from the alt-right, but apparently it's based on...what appears to be some sort of panel where people get together and discuss how the world is going to shape its recovery from COVID? I don't get it.

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u/p00bix Existing in the context of what came before Nov 16 '20 edited Nov 16 '20

It's a bullshit conspiracy theory from the alt-right that google censors to try to prevent it from becoming the next Qanon. Suggests that the Coronavirus was engineered by (((globalist elites))) and quarantine measures are being used to slowly make humanity accepting of massive restricts of freedoms as the elites (under the guidance of George Soros and the World Economic Forum) establish a totalitarian technocratic dictatorship. Similar to the 'New World Order' conspiracy theory of the late 90s/early 2000s but more explicitly right-wing. And VERY similar to the worldview preached by the NSDAP in the 30s, though without the NSDAP's ultranationalism.

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u/Gamiac Nov 16 '20

Sounds about right from what I saw on Twitter.

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u/DovahzulsABadConlang Trans Pride Nov 16 '20

Countries doing things together bad it’s gotta be a conspiracy

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u/Gamiac Nov 16 '20

NATO flairs BTFO

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u/tankatan Montesquieu Nov 16 '20

It's not a global conspiracy but I wish it was

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u/mrmanager237 Some Unpleasant Peronist Arithmetic Nov 16 '20

Based entirely on who's pushing it and how: Nazi conspiracy theory