trek32@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 1 year agoWe'll have a long memory as things get worse for working class Americans, minorities and womenlemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square173fedilinkarrow-up1642arrow-down1217
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minus-squareTokenBoomer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down6·1 year agoIt didn’t infiltrate the system. It is the system.
minus-squareCryophilia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoIt is now. The tea party started as an outside movement.
minus-squareTokenBoomer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down5·1 year agoDid it, though? An Astroturf campaign is a fake grassroots movement: it purports to be a spontaneous uprising of concerned citizens, but in reality it is founded and funded by elite interests.
minus-squareCryophilia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoI think you desperately need to believe it was astroturfed, because otherwise it would too starkly contrast with the absolute failure of Leftism.
It didn’t infiltrate the system. It is the system.
It is now. The tea party started as an outside movement.
Did it, though?
I think you desperately need to believe it was astroturfed, because otherwise it would too starkly contrast with the absolute failure of Leftism.
Amazing 🥲