This post is about: "The Plan".
I really do feel like sometimes I'm the last person to internalize some truth about people (which is why I studied cultural anthropology in college lol ... Because I was genuinely confused), and my most recent internalized discovery is that some folks have actually placed their trust in the president entirely, and whatever he does is fine by them.
They may disagree with individual decisions he makes, or even most of the decisions he makes, but part of the deal when following a person like that is that you agree to go along with the program, while trusting that whatever the program is, it'll ultimately give you something you want, like, the leader "has your back" in some abstract way.
It operates on faith and trust, so that's part of the reason why even if you show them actual evidence of actual stupid/harmful stuff, they are likely to decide "well, he knows better. I'm sure this is part of the plan."
I have "the plan" on my mind because I saw this post on r/qanoncasualties: "what IS the plan?" https://www.reddit.com/r/QAnonCasualties/comments/1j5mhjm/what_is_theplan/ and my response is: the plan is whatever the leader decides is the plan.
It reminds me of people in messed up churches with a corrupt church leader. The church members have decided that they trust the leader and that he has "the plan" for them, and all they have to do is follow "the plan" and everything will work out. And if you've bought into that, any evidence of actual bad things that the leader does are lies that are spread by liars. This is how people who are abused by corrupt church leaders end up being ostracized and kicked out.
It also reminds me of how my mom tried to raise me to go along with patriarchy (in our family specifically and within society at large). She wanted me to just go along with whatever dad wanted, no matter how crazy or ridiculous or unfair. And according to her, as long as I did that, everything would work out fine. Reader, things did not work out fine, and I got out of there as soon as I could. But she's still there, still working hard, waiting for that payoff I guess.
So that's what I have to say about "The Plan." And also this: don't ever give up your power to decide for yourself to someone who promises that everything will work out fine as long as you let them decide. The fact that they're making that kind of promise is enough to be skeptical of them. 
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