• wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    6 months ago

    Not every protest is met with direct force. There’s plenty that are dismantled from the inside using tactics developed in the sixties to divide and weaken idealogical movements! Shit literally documented in intelligence agency standard procedure documents for dealing with large scale idealogical movements and breaking them apart.

    Then you just sprinkle some direct force here and there as a treat!

    Occupy Wallstreet was poisoned in its crib through infiltration by external forces causing confusion, internal disent, and loss of direction. That is the one “conspiracy theory” I don’t think I will ever be able to let go of.

    Intersectionality and identity politics were long overdue, but there’s no way in hell that their rise from the ashes of OWS was a coincidence. Give the socially concious public something else to latch onto for a while so the 1% can shore up their defenses and power structure while the people at the bottom squabble over very important but far less impactful things.

    As important as everything else is, the largest determinant of life outcome is money, almost entirely overlooked in most discussions about gender and race.

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      I agree with everything you said. I wish down voters would express their differences of view instead.

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        It’s social engineering at its finest. They’ve mastered the art of dividing Americans, destroying the family unit, and eroding community bonds. Now, only state-approved groups remain, aimlessly arguing against each other.

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      It’s disheartening to see America using tactics against its own people to create division and steer us into becoming more like slave workers. The legacy of those intelligence agency methods is still evident today. Occupy Wall Street’s downfall due to infiltration and internal dissent is a prime example. The rise of intersectionality and identity politics, while important, has also diverted attention from the economic issues that affect everyone. It feels like the tree of liberty is withering away as the 1% continues to strengthen their hold.

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        I don’t see how intersectionality diverts attention from economic issues given that it recognizes how different issues, including economic ones, are connected.

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          Because instead of focusing on the 0.1% who are exploiting everyone, attention is being directed towards other issues that, while important, could be addressed later.

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      Are the tactics and procedures used to break down such documents leaked? Id love to read more about it, and I suppose it may be part of some of the leaks that happened in the last few years.

      I’m interested in how exactly they do/did it, so I know what to watch out for.

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      To me, OWS failed because they lacked any sort of leadership or vision other than a list of grievances with no solutions.