• queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
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    4 days ago

    Hypothetically, he might see which way the wind is blowing. When the preferred establishment picks keep losing then, eventually, the establishment either has to adapt to changing circumstances or become ex-establishment.

    Or maybe he had a productive phonecall and got some promises in exchange for an endorsement.

    Or maybe Platner was a plant from the very beginning and this is all 5d chess.

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      3 days ago

      Or maybe Platner was a plant from the very beginning and this is all 5d chess.

      it’s not 5d chess – they just get information before everyone else. so they can strategize early, throwing everything at the wall until something sticks.

      almost five years ago, the ADL publicly warned that tiktok was making palestine and class consciousness mainstream in the u.s – and they’d likely been tracking the shift even longer. the DNC’s first strategies were to ban gaza discussion; pour resources into people still unaware of class consciousness; and ban tiktok. the 2024 election showed that those strategies didn’t stick.

      meanwhile, others closely aligned w the DNC pursued two other highly effective strategies that the DNC leadership sidelined in the 2024 election. both have clearly stuck in recent elections: (1) hiding AIPAC/ADL/etc. support through shell organizations, and (2) elevating relatable, masculine men who are somewhat aware of palestine and class consciousness but don’t fully grasp either well enough to be manipulable – and they’re strategies that are staring to stick in front of our eyes.

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          12 hours ago

          platner is the second one; hasan piker would have been the first if he hadn’t done the same thing that greta thundberg did and spend too much time on palestine.

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              9 hours ago

              he would have been one, like platner is now, if he didn’t piss off his handlers with too much attention to palestine, like thundberg did.

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          For point #1: AIPAC Tracker - Zionist Grifter SCAMS Donors!

          Basically, companies like AIPAC Tracker will selectively list whether a candidate is taking money from Non-AIPAC Zionist organizations like J-Street.

          Idk about point 2 specifically, but Platner is very disgusting. He enjoyed his time providing security for soldiers comitting atrocities in Abu Ghraib. Had a blast killing Iraqi resistance and civilians in Ramallah. Came from a well-off family and joined the military looking for adventure. Despite college being paid for, he still went back to the military + mercenary work because that’s where he finds excitement. Fantasized about raping his enemies not out of “sexual pleasure but domination” (or something like that). The list goes on…

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            10 hours ago

            I’m not defending Platner. He’s a veteran that loved empire so much he became a fucking mercenary.

            I’m just saying, this seems like a new tactic if it’s intentional.