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[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 49 points 4 days ago (3 children)

...do I see a Japanese and Korean flag in there? Is there something about maga cultists I don't know?

[–] Turret3857@infosec.pub 25 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Not sure about Korea but Japan has a weird little MAGA cult going on. They have had little pseudo-rallies, although I dont remember the details clearly enough to say anything else on it.

[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 7 points 4 days ago

I know there are enough low-info or ultra national voters in Japan to maintain a bit of a maga cult-- some people just liked him simply because he screamed about CHYNA a bunch and they don't like China. It's just weird to see it in the J6 setting. I wonder if it's any crossover with the manosphere bullshit about how all Japanese women are totally submissive and thus the ideal spouses for the ultramen living in their parents' basement.

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 22 points 4 days ago (2 children)

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 5 points 4 days ago (2 children)

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 6 points 4 days ago* (last edited 3 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 1 points 4 days ago

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

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

TiL that Shen Yun isn't just an innocent performing arts show

[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

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.

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I've only seen billboards and tv advertisements and it seems kinda cool.

[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 1 points 3 days ago

It's some kind of state-sponsored propaganda, but I don't know much more than that.

[–] klu9@piefed.social 2 points 3 days ago

There was also the flag of the defunct Republic of VIetnam

https://vietnguyen.info/2021/theres-a-reason-the-south-vietnamese-flag-flew-during-the-capitol-riot

The depth of anti-communist feeling in the Vietnamese community, which includes many military veterans and former government officials, meant that it has always leaned strongly Republican. While Asian Americans as a whole voted 2 to 1 for Joe Biden over Trump, Vietnamese Americans supported Trump over Biden, 57 percent to 41 percent. A deep animus toward China, amplified by misinformation in Vietnamese-language media, bolsters the support for a president they see as tougher on foreign policy. This dovetailed with their anticommunism.