This site primarily deals with the Q movement and how it fits into the Latter-day Saint understanding of the events of the last days. Qanon and the movement's followers are spreading awareness of the influence and reach of secret combinations--the same secret combinations that Moroni said would exist in our time. One of the dangers of the movement, however, is the attempt by white nationalists to claim it as their own and co-opt it.
The MSM claims Trump is a white nationalist, because he is white and he is a nationalist. This is a ploy. White nationalism is the antithesis of conservatism. Trump is a conservative. What is the difference?
Conservatives:
Believe in the principles of natural law and natural rights
Believe that rights come from God and are inalienable
Believe in life, liberty, and property
Believe that the individual is sovereign in his rights
White Nationalists:
Deny natural rights--rights come from the state
Deny or downplay the existence of God
Life, liberty, and property are not absolute rights
Believe in collectivism--the individual is subordinate to the group
If this sounds familiar, then you paid attention in history class. These were tenets of national socialists in Germany--the Nazi Party.
National Socialists vs. International Socialists
There are two varieties of socialists: national and international. International socialism is Marxist in nature. Soviet Russia believed that Marxist communism could not succeed until it achieved full international penetration of the world. It had to be a globalist movement to succeed. So long as there was any alternative, it would never be able to thrive. This globalist form of socialism/communism is what modern liberal progressives advocate. They want a global, authoritarian government that controls all aspects of life. The system entails open borders, national health care, strict environmental controls, limitations on human activity, suppression of religion, and strong limits to individual rights.
National socialists believe and advocate for all of these same things EXCEPT internationalism. They seek to implement their policies at a national level and they focus on race and ethnicity to achieve consensus. In Germany, Hitler's national socialists opposed the international socialists.
Both of these political philosophies are dangerous and contrary to the American Republic's commitment to inalienable individual rights and constitutional limits on government. The racism of the national socialists is contrary to the gospel. The limitations on religious liberty of both international and national socialists oppress Christian faith and religious practice.
Unfortunately, there are many ill-informed and uneducated people who have joined the Q movement because they think it will support their white nationalist agenda. They have attempted to co-opt it for their own use. When you stand up for conservatism, they accuse you of being Jewish, call you "rabbi," or a shill from the Israeli Mossad. They are racists, anti-Semitic, anti-Muslim, anti-White Nationalists:Catholic, anti-Mason, and anti-Mormon. They are scary people, but we cannot cede the movement to them. Q's work will fail if racists and bigots dominate it. God will not sustain it.
Trump is a conservative. The Q movement is to conserve the Constitutional Republic and its focus on classical, Lockeian natural rights, espoused by the Founders. Do not be deceived by the national socialists and do not believe the international socialists who call conservatives "white nationalists." American Latter-day Saints should understand the differences between these groups and sustain the constitutional government of the nation. International Latter-day Saints should sustain and support principles that guarantee the natural rights of mankind under their own governments.
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