“QAnon is unusual, according to University of Miami professor Joseph Uscinski, because it offers Republicans an alternate view of the world when they already control nearly the entire government. Usually, “conspiracy theories are for losers,” Uscinski said,”

The thing is, the Trumpist, revanchist Right NEEDS to feel like the downtrodden. They gain strength and unity from the belief that they are in an existential fight in which losing means utter destruction.