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Troll farms are associated with those who have more money than committed activists. Whatever you may think of the left, it tends to have the opposite. - maybe t

Troll farms are associated with those who have more money than committed activists. Whatever you may think of the left, it tends to have the opposite. - maybe the vague center left at the level of Jeff Bezos could that but even here, you have money proportionate to committed followers. the opposite of the military industrial complex There's no money in anti-militarism. antiwar.com is a libertarian (ie right) website but it has survive on donations. Troll farm pay for opinions, that's a pretty specific thing. Edit: Reading the article, this farm apparently supported some "left wing" causes. But basically it comes down to money.

emergie 5y ago
I have different experience. Soros & co are really operating a political engineering project in eastern europe. He is funding many NGOs here, to the point where regular people hearing "NGO" interprete it as shady-leftist-organisation. We have no rich enough capitalists, only foreign leftists care about installing their world view here.
- NumberCruncher 5y ago
  I used to work in a team where everyone except me had studied at the now closed Central European University. My current personal manager also sudied at the CUE. Very clever and open minded people. And what is "your experience" based on again?
- nsajko 5y ago
  > regular people hearing "NGO" interprete it as shady-leftist-organisation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda
- orwin 5y ago
  If you think Soros and his foundation are leftist, i might have something to sell you.
RickJWagner 5y ago
I don't think so. Think of the many things that are 'solid left' ideas online, but enjoy little actual popular support: - Defunding police - Late term abortions - Drastic government enforced restrictions Those are not populist ideas. They do get airtime, though. Somebody's paying for that.
- antifa 5y ago
  Police accountability and women's reproductive rights are very popular outside of conservative circles. The rest are status quo ideas or nonsense.
  - RickJWagner 5y ago
    Fewer than 1 in 5 support defunding the police. It's also quite unpopular with African Americans. Also including an article from CNBC that asserts late-term abortions are unpopular. So I'd believe this is popular opinion, not necessarily just with conservatives. Got any material that says otherwise? https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/03/07/usa-today-ipsos-poll-just-18-support-defund-police-movement/4599232001/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/03/07/usa-... https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/06/late-term-abortions-rare-but-unpopular-could-be-major-issue-in-2020.html https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/06/late-term-abortions-rare-but...

emergie 5y ago

I have different experience. Soros & co are really operating a political engineering project in eastern europe. He is funding many NGOs here, to the point where regular people hearing "NGO" interprete it as shady-leftist-organisation. We have no rich enough capitalists, only foreign leftists care about installing their world view here.

NumberCruncher 5y ago
I used to work in a team where everyone except me had studied at the now closed Central European University. My current personal manager also sudied at the CUE. Very clever and open minded people. And what is "your experience" based on again?
nsajko 5y ago
> regular people hearing "NGO" interprete it as shady-leftist-organisation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda
orwin 5y ago
If you think Soros and his foundation are leftist, i might have something to sell you.

RickJWagner 5y ago

I don't think so. Think of the many things that are 'solid left' ideas online, but enjoy little actual popular support: - Defunding police - Late term abortions - Drastic government enforced restrictions Those are not populist ideas. They do get airtime, though. Somebody's paying for that.

antifa 5y ago
Police accountability and women's reproductive rights are very popular outside of conservative circles. The rest are status quo ideas or nonsense.
- RickJWagner 5y ago
  Fewer than 1 in 5 support defunding the police. It's also quite unpopular with African Americans. Also including an article from CNBC that asserts late-term abortions are unpopular. So I'd believe this is popular opinion, not necessarily just with conservatives. Got any material that says otherwise? https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/03/07/usa-today-ipsos-poll-just-18-support-defund-police-movement/4599232001/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/03/07/usa-... https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/06/late-term-abortions-rare-but-unpopular-could-be-major-issue-in-2020.html https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/06/late-term-abortions-rare-but...