User on reddit finds strong evidence that recent outbreak of US protests are being astroturfed

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[–]magnora7[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

The point is that people were unifying across political lines, and this re-stirs the divide.

Keeping people divided and conquered is more important to preserving the status quo, than preventing protests is. They don't care if there are small-scale ineffectual protests, they've been happening since Occupy Wall Street, and it didn't force any change then.

[–]Drewski 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

That is a good point, but if they weren't afraid of Occupy Wall St. then why did they try so hard to infiltrate and spy on it?

[–]magnora7[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

They were afraid of it. But they stopped it. And there's zero chance this phony protest happening now will escalate in to an OWS situation. And if it does, it will be easy to make them look like loons because of these earlier paid protests that made a mockery of the whole thing, a message which the media was happy to reinforce

[–]LarrySwinger2 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I'm still not convinced. What are the protesters doing that's making a mockery of the anti-lockdown movement?

[–]magnora7[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

You mean how everyone is constantly making fun of it and belittling it, and that's now the mainstream cultural opinion about these protests?

[–]LarrySwinger2 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

They don't need to stage protests to create this effect: just wait for actual protests to occur, and then activate the propaganda machine. Plus, if the truth comes out, it creates the sentiment that those protestors were right all along. All in all it seems like an unnecessary risk.

[–]magnora7[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It's so early and so obviously jumping the gun, and then also the characters involved were all ridiculous stereotypes that were easy for the media to make fun of. Which will then deter later protests of a similar nature because many people are preconditioned to believe such a protest is a bit silly now.