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==Conspiratorial discourse== Followers of the [[QAnon]] [[conspiracy theory]] use "The Cabal" to refer to what is perceived as a secret worldwide elite organization who, according to proponents, wish to undermine [[democracy]] and [[freedom]], and implement their own [[globalism|globalist]] agendas.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Zuckerman |first1=Ethan |title=QAnon and the Emergence of the Unreal |journal=Journal of Design and Science |date=2019 |issue=6 |pages=1–5 |url=https://innovation.disi.unitn.it/ibict/2019/readings/mandatory/08%20Zuckerman%20%E2%80%94%20QAnon%20and%20the%20Unreal.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200702034054/https://innovation.disi.unitn.it/ibict/2019/readings/mandatory/08%20Zuckerman%20%E2%80%94%20QAnon%20and%20the%20Unreal.pdf |archive-date=2020-07-02 |url-status=live |quote=At [QAnon's] core is the idea that all American presidents between John F. Kennedy and Donald Trump have been working with a cabal of globalist elites called "The Cabal" to undermine American democracy and forward their own nefarious agenda. ... In all versions of the mythos, the Cabal seeks to destroy American freedom and subjugate the nation to the wills of a world government.}}</ref> Some anti-government movements in [[Australia]], particularly those that emerged during Canberra's response to the pandemic, that [[Scott Morrison]]’s secret ministerial appointments were evidence of what they said was happening all along – a "secret cabal".<ref>[https://www.lowyinstitute.org/publications/morrison-s-secret-appointments-are-slippery-slope Lydia Khalil, ''Morrison’s secret appointments are a slippery slope'', Lowy Institute, 31 August 2022].</ref> The term is sometimes employed as an [[antisemitic]] [[Dog whistle (politics)|dog whistle]] due to its evocation of centuries-old antisemitic tropes.<ref name=AJC>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ajc.org/translatehate/cabal|title=AJC Translate Hate Glossary: Cabal|date=10 March 2021 |language=en|access-date=2022-05-11}}</ref><ref name=ASM>{{cite book|last1= Hübscher |first1= Monika |last2=Von Mering |first2= Sabine |title=Antisemitism on Social Media |publisher=Routledge |year=2022 |isbn= 9781032059693 |page=25}}</ref>
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