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minus-squaree_t_@kbin.pithyphrase.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·1 year agoI think the buried lede is that the official DeSantis campaign is directly coordinating with supposedly independent Twitter accounts. Nothing about the Right is organic, it’s entirely manufactured.
minus-squareElleChaise@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 year agoKind of funny the left is known for grass roots movements, and the right is known for astroturfing… Wait, is that why it’s called astroturfing?
minus-squareJakenVeina@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoAs a play off of the term “grassroots”? Yea.
minus-squarefloofloof@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoYes, astroturf is fake grass, and astroturfed movements are fake grassroots movements.
I think the buried lede is that the official DeSantis campaign is directly coordinating with supposedly independent Twitter accounts. Nothing about the Right is organic, it’s entirely manufactured.
Kind of funny the left is known for grass roots movements, and the right is known for astroturfing… Wait, is that why it’s called astroturfing?
As a play off of the term “grassroots”? Yea.
Yes, astroturf is fake grass, and astroturfed movements are fake grassroots movements.