good hunch. What makes controlled opposition effective is precisely the smokescreen it creates. Because its very plausible this is constructed, and unfortunately just as plausible that it’s just social media brainworms… Casting doubt on every part of the equation.
I don’t understand the desire on the left to pretend there are no clout chasers that take up left causes just for clout, I guess it’s easier to pretend everyone that does a bad thing while being vaguely aligned with us is “controlled opposition” than to think critically or even just read the article.
Occupy might have been different I wasn’t there but I suspect 95% of the wild anecdotal shit either didn’t happen or was done by a leftist who believed some dumb shit.
I don’t understand the desire on the left to pretend there are no clout chasers that take up left causes just for clout
Nobody is doing that though. What they are doing is questioning whether this is common enough to even bother reporting on. The media loves to blow things out of proportion in order to create a viral story, which is exactly why people are bringing up Occupy Wall Street. Back then the media would find the kookiest person they could to stick in front of a camera so that person would be seen by the public as a clownish representative for the movement even though they weren’t.
Controlled opposition anyone? Reminds me of some of the anecdotal shit that happened around Occupy Wall Street
good hunch. What makes controlled opposition effective is precisely the smokescreen it creates. Because its very plausible this is constructed, and unfortunately just as plausible that it’s just social media brainworms… Casting doubt on every part of the equation.
Seems unlikely.
I don’t understand the desire on the left to pretend there are no clout chasers that take up left causes just for clout, I guess it’s easier to pretend everyone that does a bad thing while being vaguely aligned with us is “controlled opposition” than to think critically or even just read the article.
Occupy might have been different I wasn’t there but I suspect 95% of the wild anecdotal shit either didn’t happen or was done by a leftist who believed some dumb shit.
Nobody is doing that though. What they are doing is questioning whether this is common enough to even bother reporting on. The media loves to blow things out of proportion in order to create a viral story, which is exactly why people are bringing up Occupy Wall Street. Back then the media would find the kookiest person they could to stick in front of a camera so that person would be seen by the public as a clownish representative for the movement even though they weren’t.
Isn’t
That absolutely can be a component of controlled opposition.