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.
“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 . . ."