In the 2016 election, this methodology served to take memes directly from the Daily Stormer, launder them through 4Chan, then use Twitter to inject them into mainstream discourse. That’s the methodology the far right still uses, including Trump when he baits people to make his Truth Social tweets go viral on Twitter. Use Twitter to break out of far right silos and into those of Hillary supporters to recodify meaning, and ensure it all goes viral so lazy reporters at traditional outlets republish it for free, using such tweets to supplant rational discussion of other news…And as Microchip testified, in trolling meaning and rational arguments don’t matter. Controversy does.
“We’re an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you’re studying that reality — judiciously, as you will — we’ll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and that’s how things will sort out. We’re history’s actors . . . and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do.” - Karl Rove as Darkseid Ambassador
“We’re an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you’re studying that reality — judiciously, as you will — we’ll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and that’s how things will sort out. We’re history’s actors . . . and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do.” - Karl Rove as Darkseid Ambassador
I thank you for lifting this up. Manufactured consent in the land of the free didn't start with 45. People forget.
"Sleep like a baby tonight
In your dreams everything is all right
Tomorrow dawns like someone else's suicide
But you're gonna sleep like a baby tonight"
– U2
. . . . . and on, and on . . . .
"Hope is where the DOOR is . . ."