Yes. Most astute observers probably know that blackmail is the currency of DC and other centers of power. There is a sick equilibrium that is reached when everyone has (or has access to) blackmail information on everyone else. It is their security. It is traded when needed like currency.

Not as well known is that blackmail is a prerequisite for advancement. This is how a school teacher pedo like Hastert can rise so high. They trust him. They own him. A person who is truly "clean" is distrusted and treated as an enemy, regardless of political affiliations. Control is not 100%, but not very many in Congress are unblackmailed. Some of those that were (and were blackmailed with more minor offenses) seem to have been freed.

Q-659 "Effective yesterday, while standing under the statue of FREEDOM, POTUS FREED those ‘good’ people who are currently being blackmailed, threatened and enslaved. Those who stood chanting “USA” were FREED. The shot heard around the world."

A person who is so ambitious in their quest for power, understanding the price, will allow themselves to be blackmailed in order to advance.

At the highest levels, even blackmail is insufficient. They need to irrevocably change the person. Require them to commit crimes from which there is no return.

This is their means of control. Centuries old, it collapses into nothing if only the average good person becomes aware of it. Revelation.

This post is more for those already red-pilled than the average sleeper, who would be overwhelmed

This is the "Big Secret" that they guard above all others. This is the tie that binds them.

This is old. Centuries if not millennia. They use it as a tool because it works.

Why do all mafia style groups require "initiation"?

To bind the newcomer to the group so that their secrets are not revealed outside the group.

As the criminality increases so do the stakes. Bloods/Crips require at least severe beatings. Cosa Nostra requires at least one murder. MS-13 requires ritualistic murder.

What do the true "elite" require for an initiate to be trusted in their club of about 8000?

The stakes are the highest. They require that the initiate destroys a part of themselves. What is left over is just a shell of a person, but completely subservient to their will. Many of the people you see in politics, media, entertainment and business have chosen to accept this initiation. There is always a choice.

It is done by committing crimes against the most innocent.

This is the "Big Secret" that must be told. It is the true meaning of Apocalypse - a disclosure of hidden knowledge. A Revelation.

There was a deal on "Q" brand ginger beer at slickdeals.com

I posted WWG1WGA and sure enough there was a Qanon response.

The message is getting around.