Saturday, June 24, 2023

Another Way Conspiracy Theorists Drive You Crazy

Quite literally driving, as today we're looking at a peculiar phenomenon that I don’t have any solid evidence for why it happens, but I think I have some solid clues.

Videos made while driving.

Now I don’t know how far this extends in to the conspiracy world at large.  I imagine flat earthers don’t like planes much, and they don’t have enough money for plane travel even if they did.  I do know Queen Romana Didulo travels around in a royal RV.  And I do know I’ve seen several gematria mooks start a video by hopping into the car, buckling up (which might be a small victory for normalcy) and talking into the smartphone shooting their big adventure away from Mom and Dad’s basement.

A vehicle is a necessary evil, and the oil companies love it that way.  Additionally, the same way gun ownership is a display of bad assery and a smartphone is a display of keyboard warrior super smartitude, a big ticket item like a car is a display of some kind, be it that you are financially secure or responsible enough to have tested for a license and passed.

There are some advantages to a car as the setting for the video.  It can be a refreshing break for the viewers instead of the YouTuber at his computer screen in a home.  It’s a personal space.   When encountering a rabid conspiracy theorist with a bullhorn on the street corner, a lot of people don’t want to engage.  When there is contact by someone willing to engage in counter arguments it usually doesn’t end well for the conspiracy theorist.  Zach is well practiced and a natural speaker with all his talking points either pre planned or off the cuff old favorites.  New mid level lieutenants are not necessarily equipped to handle a conversation with someone that knows what they are talking about.  The personal space of the car is a shield to keep “the trolls” from interrupting.

Which may be important since sometimes the trolls are family members.  You know, those annoying people that just don’t get why one day you’re dropping zeroes and claiming that this is the way your system works, then the next day you don’t drop the zero because of discernment. The family members that you call sheep at the start of your car rant.  Zach’s radio call in show gets interrupted by trolls a lot.  Please don’t call him while driving, he’s distracted enough already.  Since he claims he doesn’t lie the only possible explanation is multiple personality disorder.

My best guess is that this started with Zach making some in the car videos when he was driving for Uber.  That was a weird not lying time as he was heavily into “I’m making so much money off the casinos on sports, join the thug lifestyle and be rich like me” and simultaneously people wondering why anyone would need a notoriously shitty job like Uber driver.  Then, with gematria going full time and the Uber driving disappearing it became, and a big shocker here -

Fundraising.  You’ve never lived life to the fullest until you’ve read the comments on a video where Zach is driving cross country, whining about how expensive it is and how the community doesn’t support his great work.  From what I’ve seen he doesn’t do a lot of direct requests for funds.  He complains, then all the people with Admin wrenches on the channel do the pumping for donations.  As for the mid level lieutenants that do this?  That’s harder to say.  How about trying to impress the cult leader by emulating them?

I suspect that these out of town drives are something of a fishing expedition.  The same way a newbie buys the $1 book and shows interest, courting them in seeking out a bigger score.  Think of The Sting where the poker game scene was just a hook to reel Robert Shaw into the big con.  Here we have an excuse for a live meeting with a newbie showing signs of being gung ho, making the effort to meet Zach out of town, but closer, for them.  And be subjected to a schpiel of how here’s what you can do to do more for the cause.

I do have an example of this, all very speculative and as happens a lot with these things the marks just quietly slipping  away into the night and don’t want to admit to the con might factor in.  Oklahoma City.

At the anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing there was a big push to pay for Zach to drive out there.  All that casino winnings money wasn’t enough for guess.  And during the event where he was making a nuisance of himself, with site security fully aware of who he is and not welcoming him, there ended up being talk of buying a building.

At least two loyal mid level lieutenants have dropped out of the gematria scene after meeting up at Oklahoma City.  One was a long time video maker that Zach had to make a couple of hours side trip away from OKC to meet.  Pretty much just dropped off the face of the earth after that.  Another put on a bit of a show about being anti cabal for a time.  Then after a few anti Zach tweets also slinked off into the night.  These activities match a pattern of waking up to the grift.

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