I think you’ll find that many (but not all) successful movements are driven by the potent pairing of a legitimately pissed off populace backed by capital.
I generally agree, but I also think it depends on the capital. There are definitely losers (in the winning/losing sense) in the business world even just two months into the second Trump regime.
I see what you are saying, but the issue of having billionaires funding and supporting the movement is something most protest movements can’t count on.
Of course. A leftist protest will never have support from the owner class.
The tea party protests were certainly astroturfed, funded by the coke Brothers etc. but they were also real. They were composed of real people with real grievances.
I don’t think they would admit their actual motivations even to themselves, but it wasn’t a fake movement in the sense that the crowds were fictional. Thousands and tens of thousands of people were showing up and calling reps and voting in primaries.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea_Party_movement
AstroTurf project funded by the Koch brothers and other wealthy conservative groups. Not a real protest
I think you’ll find that many (but not all) successful movements are driven by the potent pairing of a legitimately pissed off populace backed by capital.
That’s the rough part of where we are now. Capital isn’t on our side. If the economy tanks hard, maybe that will change.
I generally agree, but I also think it depends on the capital. There are definitely losers (in the winning/losing sense) in the business world even just two months into the second Trump regime.
Ah yes, no true scottsman would protest for the billionaires!
I see what you are saying, but the issue of having billionaires funding and supporting the movement is something most protest movements can’t count on.
Of course. A leftist protest will never have support from the owner class.
The tea party protests were certainly astroturfed, funded by the coke Brothers etc. but they were also real. They were composed of real people with real grievances.
I don’t think they would admit their actual motivations even to themselves, but it wasn’t a fake movement in the sense that the crowds were fictional. Thousands and tens of thousands of people were showing up and calling reps and voting in primaries.