trek32@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 1 month agoWe'll have a long memory as things get worse for working class Americans, minorities and womenlemmy.worldimagemessage-square176fedilinkarrow-up1640arrow-down1215
arrow-up1425arrow-down1imageWe'll have a long memory as things get worse for working class Americans, minorities and womenlemmy.worldtrek32@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square176fedilink
minus-squareTokenBoomer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down6·1 month agoIt didn’t infiltrate the system. It is the system.
minus-squareCryophilia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month agoIt is now. The tea party started as an outside movement.
minus-squareTokenBoomer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down5·1 month 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 month 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 🥲