Go ask American conservatives today how they feel about groups that allege to publicly challenge the uniparty regime here, like "Patriot Front". Every conservat

Go ask American conservatives today how they feel about groups that allege to publicly challenge the uniparty regime here, like "Patriot Front". Every conservative I know views those groups as honeypots for dissidents being operated by the regime itself (FBI, FBI informants etc). They have their own substack and medium feeds that are unshackled by conventional reporting standards and frequently contrast deeply against regime narratives, be they COVID, Ukraine, Jan 6th, etc. They have their own social circles, which they ideologically police to make sure that those holding regime viewpoints are not invited to private social events. The way you've described the culture of dissidence in the USSR and Russia sounds eerily familiar, taking a look at US dissidents today.