The Christian fundamentalists and their quasi liberal mystic cohorts are bringing Satan back and in a big way. That’s right, the tragedy at Astroworld, where nine people, including a young boy, were stomped to death on a concert floor in a stampede of frightened fans was inspired by none other than the devil himself, according to “spiritual people” from all different kinds of religions and political affiliations. People who fail to fully grasp or understand difficult topics in a stressful world often resort to urban myths to cope with the trauma of those experiences. This is where your conspiracy theories often originate. While it is true that dictators often take advantage of these unwarranted fears to obtain power, the reality is that the fears and the conspiracy beliefs that come from them often originate in the general populous. When you think about the amount of people who claim that life is nothing more than “spiritual warfare”, this phenomenon becomes much more easier to understand. Many people ask, “How could this happen?” But they should probably be asking “Why does this happen so often?” There is a reoccurring theme with conspiracy beliefs that often gets overlooked, probably because history does not make for a very good smear campaign about whatever political opponent you are trying to besmirch at the moment. It becomes more difficult to place all the blame on Trump, for example, when you have events like the Salem Witch Trials, which were totally influenced by this same type of “Satanic” hysteria that is currently undergoing a renaissance in the twenty first century. Once you think of it in that context you can start to really understand why America in particular is so entranced by the idea of the devil having a hand in everything from concerts to successful business mergers. The fascination with evil and hidden knowledge is inherently American. The alluring, and often incorrect, notion that there are people in high places manipulating controlling our lives has been promoted by both the left and the right. While this claim that powerful people are attempting to control our thoughts has certainly been proven true when it comes to famous political players like some of the civil rights leaders from the 1960s and seventies, it makes much less sense when the person making the allegations is a social media influencer who most people have never even heard of. Americans are always trying to demonize their opponents, always trying to make them look evil in some way. So, when you have this idea floating out there that everyone that does not agree with your values is somehow wicked, then it becomes quite easy to make the leap to a claiming and even believing that particular groups of people are demonic. This thought process never goes away in America; it is always there, lurking behind accusations of communism or a Jewish run Hollywood or sex crazed woke liberals. Sure, the terminology changes, but the basic accusation, that being that the other is being influenced by satanic forces, remains the same. These demonic accusations are now being hurled at Travis Scott because it seems that, in America, we cannot have a simple discussion about the actual facts, but that we need to turn these facts into a ridiculous biblical passion play that even Jesus Christ would find boring and trite. These claims that celebrities are demons are also related to the jealousy that people feel when those who disagree with them politically get a bit of the spotlight. Calling someone a devil in America makes people less famous; celebrities lose followers because of this childish name calling all the time. So, again we see that the people who complain about cancel culture the most, the same people who claim to be “free thinkers” who wish to protect free speech for all, are often the worst offenders. These mystical thinkers employ magical thinking, deny reality and ultimately end up destroying the very celebrities they pretend to protect.