Aqarius

Best for the job, sure, but not randomly.

I... get the feeling you're not trying to have a conversation about the particular incident in the OP article. Which is fine, and good, but don't overproject.

Simple: one of the basic requirements of being in power is wanting to have power. It's also one of the basic reasons one shouldn't be allowed to have power.

-Are y'all with the cult?

-It's not a cult, it's an organisation that promotes the deprograming of-

-This is it.

Simple, we wrrie down the information on how to read the discs!

No, it's from a news graphic giving a detailed, annotated breakdown of the "compound" he was hiding in, the compound being an actual, literal hole in the ground, but presented as if explaining some piece of high-tech military hardware, with Saddam himself presented as if he were a component.

For a good reason, quite a number of these are wrong.

"I don't approve of political jokes; I've seen too many in office."

Oh, it's not the concern that's funny, if they had that selfawareness it would be admirable. Instead, you have people pat themselves on the back for how aware they are every time they encounter a validating piece of propaganda they, of course, fall for. Big "I know a messiah when I see one, I've followed quite a few!" energy.

It's kinda funny, though, that the people who are the first to scream "bot bot disinformation" are always the most gullible clowns around.

I'd sooner guess "ban evader".

I believe "gnosticism" is the term, though I've heard them also called "dualistic" heresies.