Muslim leader Aynur Birgalin argues that the creators of The Simpsons are using the animated TV series to “program” audiences and prepare them for real events that have not yet taken place.
For years, viewers have argued that The Simpsons has been eerily successful in repeatedly predicting world events of various kinds, highlighting in the show things that have not yet happened but have since become reality.
Donald Trump as president, flu-like pandemics from Asia, inventions that did not exist at the time, Siegfried & Roy’s tiger incident, the storming of the Capitol and the naming of future Nobel Prize winners are just a few of many more examples of this that are usually highlighted.
However, Muftin Birgalin, chairman of the spiritual administration for Muslims in the Russian republic of Bashkiria, says it is neither prophecy nor coincidence – instead, he claims that the “conductors behind the scenes” are very deliberately using the show to influence the public.
– We often hear that The Simpsons are supposedly predicting the future. But let’s think about it. Can it be mere coincidences? No, of course not, argues the Muslim legal scholar.
– These are not predictions but the deliberate work of specific forces to implant certain concepts via pop culture to test the public’s reaction and prepare people for different events, he continues.
“Not a joke”
According to Birgalin, movies, TV shows and memes are used to “program” audiences and control their thoughts. He also points to the American series Madam Secretary, which he says is “almost 90% identical” to real events in Ukraine.
The series, which revolves around the fictional US Secretary of State Elizabeth McCord, was shown in 2015-2016. One of the Ukrainian characters was surnamed Zelinsky, which is very similar to Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky, who was elected president in 2019.
– A coincidence? No. It is a pre-planned scenario. It is not a joke. It is not a cause for laughter, but a serious signal to think about, Birgalin says.
Critics of the theory argue that the “prophecies” in The Simpsons should rather be considered coincidences, pointing out, for example, that COVID-19 was not the first airborne virus outbreak from Asia and that Donald Trump already made an unsuccessful attempt to become president in 2000.
– If you study history and math, it would be literally impossible for us not to predict things. If you say enough things, some of them are going to overlap with reality, Simpsons producer Matt Selman has previously commented on the series’ predictions.