Yeah, I don't know Canada well enough to say for sure, but my sense is that there was a lot of astroturfing there.
For the US, propaganda networks encouraged the idea of a US convoy, grassroots networks are now forming around it, and astroturfers will ultimately resource them.
For the US, propaganda networks encouraged the idea of a US convoy, grassroots networks are now forming around it, and astroturfers will ultimately resource them.
https://twitter.com/leahmcelrath/status/1491130406581960704
Usually for this stuff, the order is different-- propagandists float outrage bait to see what most inflames the base, then astroturfers spend the bulk of their resources trying to prop up anemic organizing by the usual suspects, who turn out the usual people.
I'm not trying to downplay the role of propaganda networks and astroturfing institutions here, but what's crucially different is that there's already a grassroots, organic response to the propaganda pushing a US copycat convoy.
The astroturfers aren't the ones mobilizing that.
The astroturfers aren't the ones mobilizing that.
I know who the usual suspects for astroturf mobilization are in my area.
This isn't hinging on them mobilizing existing networks.
This isn't hinging on them mobilizing existing networks.
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