In 2025, we have the greatest paradox yet: self-proclaimed anti-establishment, freedom-loving crowds are now worshipping dictators and megalomaniacs, who vow to take away their freedoms and human rights.

The thought of an authoritarian dystopia, which used to horrify them prior to 2015, now fills them with unbridled joy, as they watch Trump shaping it. Those outside the US pray for international contagion or for their countries to become US vassals, so they can see their own countries burn.

The supernatural has long been a factor in certain “truth-seeking” groups when discussing the enemy (some associated psychopathic elites with aliens/ reptilians, others with Satanism). The term “conspirituality” was coined in 2011 by sociologists Charlotte Ward and David Voas, who conducted a study on the intersection between conspiracy theories and New Age spiritual beliefs.

Today, the tables have turned in spectacular fashion. The demon-possessed enemy no longer consists of psychopathic elites, but of ordinary folks opposing fascism, genocide, apartheid, the police state and so forth – namely the exact values “truther” groups were founded on.

It’s a mindfuck.

Grifters seeking to recruit for the far-right tell their followers that they are isolated, living among NPCs and demonic entities, with a duty to fight the global enemy. The first step in this holy fight (unsurprisingly) is to support these grifters financially, spreading their message and recruiting more adherents to buy their literature, exorcism courses, prepper kits, supplements, water filters etc.

This isn’t new

For a comprehensive picture, here is a brief history of demons being associated with political causes to incite persecution, from mediaeval times until present day, summarised by Copilot:

Medieval and Early Modern Origins

Demonology and conspiracy thinking were deeply intertwined in the Middle Ages. Charges of “conjuration” or clandestine alliances (conspiratio) were commonly leveled at both marginal groups—heretics, Jews, lepers, and those labeled witches—and, increasingly, against advisors and rival elites accused of plotting hidden schemes for power.

By the 14th century, rumors about royal confidants being “deceivers” in league with criminal or demonic forces spread across courts. For instance, confidants of King Edward II were branded as schemers working toward the realm’s destruction, a narrative that soon transferred easily onto popes, emperors, and rival monarchs alike.

Witch Hunts and Political Demonization (16th–18th Centuries)

As state and church authorities intensified witch hunts, political enemies were often accused of devil’s pacts. Demonological manuals such as the Malleus Maleficarum codified belief in secret dark cabals, framing dissenters and nonconformists as possessed or in league with demons. Monarchs and nobles wielded these accusations to justify property seizures and eliminate rivals.

20th-Century Moral Panics and Cold War Devil Conspiracies

With the rise of mass media, conspiracy theories linking communism to devil worship flourished. In the United States during the McCarthy era, allegations surfaced that Soviet leaders and sympathetic intellectuals were literally agents of Satan, using godless ideology to corrupt “ordinary” citizens. Such rhetoric cast both political and cultural elites as spiritually possessed foes of the people.

Late 20th-Century “Satanic Panic” and Spiritual Warfare

During the 1980s, a widespread “Satanic Panic” seized North America and parts of Europe. Day-care providers, rock musicians, and social workers were accused of ritual abuse and devil worship. Simultaneously, a movement known as spiritual warfare emerged among conservative evangelicals, positing that demons not only possessed individuals but controlled institutions—journalism, academia, and government agencies—thus framing political and social progress (LGBTQ rights, reproductive freedom) as Satan’s work.

21st-Century Demonic Deep State and QAnon (2010s–2020s)

In the aftermath of the 2016 US election, QAnon fused the “deep state” conspiracy with spiritual warfare, depicting a cabal of elites as devil-worshipping, cannibalistic paedophiles. Followers invoked Biblical imagery—“armour of God,” Jezebel spirits—to cast former bureaucrats, undocumented immigrants, and minorities as demonic agents undermining America. Trump’s victory was celebrated as divine intervention against “demonic” globalists.

The Digital Era and Demonic Elite Narratives in 2025

By 2025, the democratization of online publishing has amplified demon-possession narratives. Blogs like MysteryLores report rising claims that power elites practice black magick or are literally under demonic control, urging readers to view corruption through a supernatural lens. Contributors link societal ills—from financial crises to political polarization—to occult hierarchies and entities like Baal, framing skeptics as spiritually mute “normies” who need awakening.

Identifying demonic possession

Demons as a concept appear in many religions. If your faith includes this concept, you’re surely aware that every religion has certain criteria for determining that someone is possessed, as opposed to experiencing other problems, chiefly mental-health related. In Christianity, for instance, at least in developed countries, possession is the very last option, after every other cause has been ruled out. I remember reading a book by Fr. Gabriele Amorth, the Vatican’s chief exorcist for decades, detailing this process.

The main points would be the following:

  • Possession is identified in individuals, not groups.
  • The person undergoes long and close observation and every episode is documented.
  • The behaviour needs to be extreme and unexplained otherwise, not matching a mental health diagnosis or physical condition.
  • Every other possible cause and treatment modality has to be ruled out first.
  • The person has strong reactions to religious symbols or practices.
  • The process is meant to help the individual get better. This is the only goal.

Contrast that with the effortlessness of every Scammy McGrift presently claiming to identify possession on the spot, in random strangers, and even in large groups. None of the guidelines and safety precautions are used, as it’s only a bold faced, deliberate lie, designed to elicit an emotional response.

“The western world needs an exorcism!” (Thomas Sheridan)

As mentioned above, while in conspiracy theorist circles the demon label was reserved for elites for the longest time, this has recently changed. Anyone espousing anti-fascist values is demonically possessed and must be dealt with. It was a foreseeable escalation, as Trump’s fascism became obvious to the masses, prompting a reaction.

In the US, where the persecution of dissenters is becoming realer by the day, what used to be metaphorical language in terms of a war on the left has now crossed the bridge into violent fantasies of mass incarceration and killings.

The only way for the masses to tolerate extreme cruelty (most people are not psychopaths) is to temporarily brainwash them that the chosen enemy is less than human.

Sheridan, for instance, would like anti-fascists skinned alive and turned into shoes:

Charie Kirk’s murder (which remains extremely suspicious) was a mere pretext to call for a head hunt; the plan had long been underway, as evidenced by the regime’s treatment of detractors to date.

It’s vomit-inducing that characters like Alex Jones or Sheridan expect anyone to believe they feel genuine emotion after Kirk’s murder, while they condone a genocide in real time, displayed on social media, with children being blown up in refugee tents. They defecate and urinate on the value of human life daily, as does Donald Trump.

There is staunch resistance to Trump’s authoritarianism, not just domestically but across the planet. This calls for anti-fascists to be dehumanised and for their imminent persecution in the US, by Trump’s regime, to be justified, be they students, factory workers or elected members of the opposition. This is how fascism works after all – by portraying large groups as non-human vermin.

Some propagandists are feeling the heat, as the hellish nature of what they support, a U-turn from their previously held values, is laid bare. They are cornered. They no longer have the curtain of plausible deniability, as they did before Trump’s second presidency. Acts of extreme cruelty are taking place, will continue to take place and worsen. They will continue to support these acts, with no moral limit.

The current point is one they can never return from, to rejoin the rest of society when/ if this fever passes, as it did after WWII, when there was a de-Nazification process in Europe. Either fascism prevails, brainwashing enough of the population or they are thoroughly fucked in the future.

The “truth movement”, diverted by scam artists

The point behind the alternative media was a fresh analysis of political events and mainstream narratives, encouraging scepticism, as well as critical thought. It made use of the internet and the ability to compile data from multiple sources and archive it, for instance spotting contradictions in the rhetoric of public officials. This could be tracked much better than by watching the news with a limited attention span.

It highlighted propaganda, such as the one surrounding the Iraq war in 2003. Rationality was generally encouraged, as well as rejecting socially divisive messaging and scapegoating.

Adding religion or spirituality into the mix didn’t help, as instead of analysing facts in real time, people were looking to confirm religious prophecies or reinforce their faith by engaging in a nebulous spiritual fight. Moreover, it opened the door for con artists, who had no need to present any facts to an audience – they could speculate out of their back holes daily, fashioning new realities.

At first, groups embracing a combination of “truth seeking” and spirituality were extremely wary of political leaders or parties, seeing them all as pieces of the control grid. Emphasis was gradually placed on liberals and the left as the enemy, mainly during Obama’s two terms in office, when authoritarianism was described as imminent by Alex Jones and others (compared to today, one can only laugh).

The claim was that political elites only mimicked a drive towards equality and social justice, with superficial, useless signaling. This was true. It was also true that state censorship in some countries was adopted using the pretext of fighting hate speech, just so it could be used later to squash protests, such as those against the genocide in Palestine.

It was also true that the emphasis on identity politics was divisive by design, leading to prioritising feelings to material reality. This was later weaponised by Zionists to reject any criticism of their genocide support, and for almost 2 years, it was successful in delaying public reaction. It was also true that the gender issue was likely highlighted by design, as a distraction, irritating people whose material conditions kept worsening.

Instead of observing these phenomena from a neutral standpoint, “truther” groups increasingly verged towards the political right. The main switch took place in 2016, during the election of demagogue Donald Trump. Initially, he was seen as a clown and his election, as a middle finger to the establishment.

By 2025, those who remained in this sphere and followed Jones, Sheridan and the like had become fascist-adjacent, concerned with immigration into predominantly white countries to the point of claiming they were being replaced. They had been gradually radicalised.

In 2025, after witnessing Trump’s turbocharged authoritarianism and accepting it (some gleefully), coupled with supporting or ignoring the genocide in Palestine, they have become fully fascist, beyond reasonable doubt.

The former anti-establishment crowd is very much pro-establishment now, in practical terms. Here is a short list of views and attitudes from 2010-2015 (roughly), compared to 2025:

  • They were truth seekers – they understood they had more questions than answers regarding the world’s problems. Now they have all the answers (or rather, Trump does), and if you disagree, you may be demonically possessed.
  • They were anti-war and anti-imperialism; they decried the Iraq “war” (massacre) and the lies told in order for the US to invade Iraq, as well as US interference in the Middle East in general. Now they support Trump’s imperialism and the genocide in Palestine, for Israel to grab the land.
  • They talked frequently of 9/11 being used in order for the US to invade the Middle East and start cracking down on its own citizens’ freedoms. Now they rehash the propaganda of Muslims being terrible, Arabs being terrible and the need to expel them all from western countries – the same rhetoric used right after 9/11. And Palestine belongs to Israel – just because.
  • They talked about the militarisation of the police in the US, being given unused military equipment by the army (so manufacturers could make new equipment and profit some more). They now endorse excessive use of force by the police in the US, including murders, and terrorising entire communities.
  • They talked about the fear of the Posse Comitatus Act being revoked – the act banning the deployment of the US army against its own citizens. Alex Jones and many others were very concerned for years. Now Trump is doing it, and do you hear a peep from Jones?
  • They talked about concentration camps being used to hold political detractors. Now they are being created and used to hold undocumented immigrants, and legal immigrants selected for deportation for political dissent. They love it.
  • They talked about mass surveillance through social media profiles. Now Trump is doing it to identify genocide protestors and arrest or deport them.
  • They talked about corruption, bribes, nepotism, secrecy. Trump’s administration is the most blatantly corrupt one in existence, flaunting it.
  • They talked about transhumanism. Now they are praising freaks like Elon Musk and Peter Thiel.
  • They talked about censorship. Trump is persecuting anyone criticising him and his agenda; they fully support it.
  • They were concerned with social media monopolies and the media being controlled by the state. Trump is trying to coerce media outlets into subservience and they love it.
  • They were against paedophila and sex trafficking. Now they worship a man they know for sure was in Jeffery Epstein’s inner circle, flying on the Lolita Express and attending parties with minors procured by Epstein. They don’t care.

While Trump’s fascist takeover, like a bull in a porcelain shop (or the bubonic plague) visibly destroys people’s livelihoods and freedoms left and right, they are fighting an imaginary war with leftist demons. They are fighting ghosts.

How are fascists different than, or superior to these demons?

The basic definition of the word in the Oxford Dictionary: an evil spirit or devil, especially one thought to possess a person or act as a tormentor in hell.

To class anything or anyone as evil, one needs a moral framework, whereas fascists lack a coherent one, or at least it’s very malleable, using double standards (a certain act is only evil when committed by the enemy).

Fascists endorse acts traditionally perceived as atrocities, such as the mass murder of innocent people to seize their land. The goal excuses the means, might makes right and humans are predatory animals, according to figures like Sheridan, whose natural law caper suggests as much. Good and evil no longer apply as valid notions in these people’s heads.

Their ideology and conduct are psychopathic, not matching the precepts of any religion. In fact, through a religious lens, especially a Christian one, fascists may be classed as possessed by demons when in a homicidal or genocidal rage, which they express with regularity.

They make use of the word evil, but they cannot define it outside of that which they personally don’t approve of.

This is an excerpt from a recent video by Thomas Sheridan, referring to Cenk Uygur. It’s almost funny that he picks centrists and right-leaning people like Uygur or Kier Starmer to depict as leftists, when they are clearly not. Every non-fascist is a Marxist in Sheridan’s opinion. It says more about his extremism than anyone he refers to.

See that man Cenk on Piers Morgan, did you see the demon exploding out of him? Did you see it? (…) My theory now is I had a dream about it last night there’s a kind of an entity lives behind their faces and the septum ring may actually be part of their community uh their their trans their system to get in there and um they seem to operate through the the reptilian complex of the back of the brain and they’re like uh this they they’re just incapable of any kind of common decency, I am absolutely shocked.

Cenk Uygur’s mannerisms are widely seen as exaggerated and theatrical. However, pardon me for thinking that the extremist and absolute weirdo is not Uygur in this scenario, but the person claiming there is a demon hiding behind Uygur’s face, having entered through the nose, because, you know: he had a dream last night.

Finally, another excerpt from the same transcript, clearly conflating political ideology with demonic possession:

It’s like the world is upside down. The people who the most hateful people accuse other people of being hateful. The ones who want to shut down music events, silence people, blacklist people, cancel people, they’re all, you know, they’re they’re they’re the ones for freedom, the ones who uh who who danced on Charlie Charlie uh Kirk’s grave. They’re they’re the loving people. They’re the tolerant people. It’s completely upside down. These people are so ideologically possessed. I don’t even think they’re human anymore.

He’s still angry he didn’t get to speak at the Mayflower. It’s clear where the brain-melting hatred resides, not to mention his endorsement of ethnic purges, mass murder, torture, extrajudicial kidnappings and genocide.

Double standards are a fascist’s MO. Their hatred and violence is justified; other people’s is demonic, should it even exist at the scale they claim it does. They have no use for accuracy, facts, investigations or nuance. Or logic for that matter. They have no use for reality, in fact.

By now they know they cannot attract support for their cause using any of the above. It’s impossible. So they go for spiritual and emotional manipulation, seeking to dehumanise vast swathes of this planet, as well as specific groups in their own countries.

If you still support these grifters for any reason, please know that they think you’re an imbecile, likely to entertain their absurdities. Their low effort is directly proportional to how stupid they think you are.