trek32@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 3 months agoWe'll have a long memory as things get worse for working class Americans, minorities and womenlemmy.worldimagemessage-square589fedilinkarrow-up1971arrow-down1353
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minus-squareTokenBoomer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down7·3 months agoIt didn’t infiltrate the system. It is the system.
minus-squareCryophilia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·3 months agoIt is now. The tea party started as an outside movement.
minus-squareTokenBoomer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down6·3 months 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-up5·3 months 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 🥲