The Context for the Storming of the Capitol

Nadin Brzezinski
9 min readJan 7, 2021

This was not accidental. It’s been building. Far-right sites have been talking about the storm and the plan for years. It did not start last month. They are convinced that they are the victims of a cruel system that ignores them and makes fun of them. They know that Donald Trump is on their side, and has been leading the country away from globalism, and the horrors of the left.

In MAGA / QAnon mythology the coming of the storm is exactly what happened when they assaulted the Capitol. This is what they have been preparing and looking forwards to…

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Nadin Brzezinski

Historian by training. Former day to day reporter. Sometimes a geek who enjoys a good miniatures game. You can find me at CounterSocial, Mastodon and rarely FB