Is Breadtube essentially controlled opposition?

[Juxtapose]

https://thegrayzone.com/2021/12/24/leaked-files-syria-psyops-astroturfing-breadtube

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"Leaked documents have revealed a state-sponsored influence operation designed to undermine critics of the British government’s coronavirus policies by astroturfing a prominent founder of the BreadTube clique of “anti-fascist” YouTube influencers. The project aims to conduct psychological profiling on British citizens dissenting against policies such as mandatory vaccination and lockdowns, then leverage the data to establish a YouTube channel that portrays these critics as dangerous “superspreaders” of “disinformation.”"Then there is Shaun, a British BreadTuber whose recent attack on left-wing political comedian Jimmy Dore’s criticisms of government Covid restrictions contained echoes of the “Challenging Pseudoscience” project prepared for Thorn by intelligence-related outfits. Shaun’s arguments relied heavily on statements by official experts and US government bodies like the FDA and CDC. While Dore has been limited by YouTube’s sweeping speech codes, Shaun’s viral video appears to have benefited from an algorithmic boost."“All the key signs of infiltration are there,” Caleb Maupin said of BreadTube. “Since when does US mainstream media highlight the work of Marxist revolutionaries? Why are people who seem so unfamiliar with basic elements of socialist ideology suddenly elevated to the position of respected experts by the algorithms? Why do their foreign policy views seem to line up so closely with the US State Department? I have had no doubt they were being covertly supported by powerful entities with goals other than overthrowing capitalism.”

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Sorry for the wall of text, it wasn't like that in the preview 😂

[RealMarek]

We can be sure these masters of bad-faith argumentations and debate frame games are, wittingly or unwittingly, serving power. Thus the heavy sponsorship, algorithmic boosting, etc.

[msc545]

Sounds paranoid.

[Juxtapose]

Sometimes suspicion can be healthy, especially in a country where the CIA has actively experimented with mind control and admitted to wanting to brainwash every American. Then there's that time where they injected black people with syphilis, sterilized a few other people against their will..

Yeeeaaaah.. I would say the US citizenry has a right to be very suspicious. In a free and fair society? Yeah, I would be considered paranoid.

[msc545]

There is a large difference between suspicion and paranoia which I can explain if you like. That said, you are not wrong in what you wrote.

[Whatever2929292]

I don't have any idea. But you have to think that if a bad force can't beat something... They will join it.

You can't just go along with something because you believe in it. They can mix truth and lies and tell you things you want to hear so you will go along with the rest.

Sometimes things and people start out good but jump off the deep end. Some people it is more unintentional but they are spreading garbage to begin with