• @Duamerthrax@lemmy.world
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    229 days ago

    There’s this weird overlap between the Moonies, The Epoch Times, and the American Far Right. I think the Shen Yun group is also involved. They’ll all hard core anti-CCP and went far, far too into Authoritarian Capitalism as a result. The Moonies were the cult that Shinzo Abe had connections to and his assassin’s mother gave all the family’s money to.

    • @frezik@midwest.social
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      58 days ago

      If it wasn’t all documented, I’d think it’s a nonsense conspiracy theory. But it’s true. The Moonies pop up with a weird number of attachments all over the GOP.

      • @Duamerthrax@lemmy.world
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        8 days ago

        Abe’s assassin’s story already sounds like a work of fiction. A young man radicalized to the alt right because of his mother giving all his college money to a cult, only to find out that the same cult has ties to the alt right groups he was aligning himself with and changing course.

        The Moonies themselves don’t even look like a normal conspiracy group from a Bond movie or something. They look more like some parody from Kingsman.

      • @barneypiccolo@lemm.ee
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        18 days ago

        The Moonies own DC’s second newspaper, the Washington Times, which has a strong conservative streak.

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        18 days ago

        Please elucidate. To me they are that weird Chinese outfit that comes through town every couple of years. I’ve never known anyone who has seen their act.