Apocalypticism + Dualism Scapegoating Demonization Conspiracism

Apocalypticism The belief in an approaching confrontation, cataclysmic event, or transformation of epochal proportion, about which a select few have forewarning so they can make appropriate preparations. From a Greek root word suggesting unveiling hidden information or revealing secret knowledge about unfolding human events.

Apocalypticism & Christianity In Christianity there are competing apocalyptic prophetic traditions based on demonization or cooperation. The dualist or demonized version involves a final show-down struggle between absolute good and absolute evil. Central to Christianity, the tradition also exists in Judaism, Islam, and other religions and secular belief structures. Believers can be passive or active in anticipation; and optimistic or pessimistic about the outcome.

Dualism A binary division of the world into competing factions: one good and one evil. Also called Manichaeism.

Demonization The portrayal of individuals and groups as agents of pure evil, perhaps even in league with Satan. A precursor to scapegoating and conspiracism which encourages discrimination and violence against the target. Acts as a form of dehumanization or objectification.

Scapegoating The social process whereby hostility and aggression of an angry and frustrated group are directed away from a rational explanation of a conflict and projected onto targets demonized by irrational claims of wrongdoing, so that the scapegoat bears the blame for causing the conflict, while the scapegoaters feel a sense of innocence and increased unity. It is scapegoating whether or not the conflict is real or imaginary, the grievances are legitimate or illegitimate, or the target is wholly innocent or partially culpable.

Conspiracism A distinct narrative form of scapegoating, that uses demonization to justify constructing the scapegoats as wholly evil; while reconstructing the scapegoater as a hero. Sees secret plots by tiny cabals of evildoers as the major motor powering important historical events. Often employs common fallacies of logic in analyzing factual evidence to assert connections, causality, and intent that are nonexistent.

Scapegoat Timeline Freemasons (U.S.)

Scapegoat Timeline Freemasons (U.S.) Catholics (Nativism)

Scapegoat Timeline Freemasons (U.S.) Catholics (Nativism)

Scapegoat Timeline Freemasons (U.S.) Catholics (Nativism) Palmer Raids

Scapegoat Timeline Freemasons (U.S.) Catholics (Nativism) Roosevelt Administration Palmer Raids

Scapegoat Timeline Freemasons (U.S.) Catholics (Nativism) Red Scare morphs into attack on Rockefellers, CFR, Trilateral Commission Roosevelt Administration Palmer Raids

Scapegoat Timeline Freemasons (Europe) Plutocrats (Populists) Communists & Anarchists Jews (Protocols) Liberal Collectivists Liberal Internationalists Civil Rights Freemasons (U.S.) Catholics (Nativism) Red Scare morphs into attack on Rockefellers, CFR, Trilateral Commission Roosevelt Administration Palmer Raids

Scapegoat Timeline Freemasons (U.S.) Catholics (Nativism) Red Scare morphs into attack on Rockefellers, CFR, Trilateral Commission Roosevelt Administration Palmer Raids Schlafly & JBS

Scapegoat Timeline Feminists Secular Humanism Homosexuals Red Scare morphs into attack on Rockefellers, CFR, Trilateral Commission Roosevelt Administration Palmer Raids Schlafly & JBS Christian Right

Scapegoat Timeline Feminists Secular Humanism Homosexuals “Zionists” Red Scare morphs into attack on Rockefellers, CFR, Trilateral Commission Roosevelt Administration Palmer Raids Schlafly & JBS Christian Right

Scapegoat Timeline Feminists Secular Humanism Homosexuals “Zionists” Red Scare morphs into attack on Rockefellers, CFR, Trilateral Commission Roosevelt Administration Palmer Raids Schlafly & JBS Christian Right

Scapegoat Timeline Feminists Secular Humanism Homosexuals Islam 9/11 NeoCons “Zionists” Red Scare morphs into attack on Rockefellers, CFR, Trilateral Commission Roosevelt Administration Palmer Raids Schlafly & JBS Christian Right Leftists, Christian Right, Militia/Patriots, Neonazis

Scapegoat Timeline Feminists Secular Humanism Homosexuals Islam 9/11 NeoCons “Zionists” Red Scare morphs into attack on Rockefellers, CFR, Trilateral Commission Roosevelt Administration Palmer Raids Schlafly & JBS Christian Right Leftists, Christian Right, Militia/Patriots, Neonazis

Scapegoat Timeline Feminists Secular Humanism Homosexuals Islam 9/11 NeoCons “Zionists”