From Brian Klaas in The Atlantic: Belief in Magic Drives Politics More Than You Think: You can’t understand politics just by being rational. Where would QAnon and sorcery fit in?
He begins:
A decade ago, I arrived in Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar, for my first stint of field research into the island’s volatile politics. While unpacking in my hotel room, I heard sporadic celebrations erupting in the streets below. Confused, I asked a jubilant man what was going on.
“The army captured the militia’s sorcerer,” he told me. “The president just announced that soldiers seized all of the sorcerer’s diabolical objects—and they’ll soon be destroyed.”
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