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[–]TheJamesRocket 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

The Occupy Wall Street movement in 2011 gave the Globalists the scare of their life. In order to permanently end the threat posed by Leftists, they decided to undermine them with identity politics. This post makes the connection very clear.

[–]useless_aether[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

i thought ows was a soros gig

[–]TheJamesRocket 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Originally, it wasn't. OWS was drawing alot of unwanted attention to the vulture capitalists. But they got co-opted pretty quickly.

[–]useless_aether[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

business as usual. i remember joining the protests and being very surprised by how well organized and geared up they were. i was more naive back then.