Western Versus Eastern Occultism

Western occultism I AM JESUS, SATAN IS ACTUALLY A GOOD GUY, TRUMP IS GOD, HINDU IS THE TRUE RELIGION, ALIENS VISITED ME! Eastern occultism We must release nerve gas into a crowded train

A two-panel comparison contrasts a frantic Western occultist wearing a foil hat and shouting bizarre beliefs with Eastern occultism represented by Shoko Asahara calmly proposing releasing nerve gas on a crowded train. The joke satirizes how supposedly eccentric Western occultism is framed as harmless compared with the historically deadly extremism associated with Aum Shinrikyo and the Tokyo subway sarin attack. It is used as a dark reaction meme about absurd beliefs escalating into real violence. EN: A two-panel comparison contrasts a frantic Western occultist wearing a foil hat and shouting bizarre beliefs with Eastern occultism represented by Shoko Asahara calmly proposing releasing nerve gas on a crowded train. The joke satirizes how supposedly eccentric Western occultism is framed as harmless compared with the historically deadly extremism associated with Aum Shinrikyo and the Tokyo subway sarin attack. It is used as a dark reaction meme about absurd beliefs escalating into real violence.

• @itvbia / 22593 2022-03-27