You’re entirely right and you appear to be describing the trickling-down effect of it. Paid protestor are there to perform the show that needs to be broadcast for the groups you are mentioning that have been lobbying, etc. and beyond. Because, to me, it appears that there is a higher notch of lobbying that cannot be seen and regarded as a factor in most important decisions that are presented before most POTUS to sign, or even have a signature-stamp device.
It appears that lately it has become more obvious that the most powerful are speaking through all the most influential voices who read their scripts, indirectly, through manufacturing-consent exposed ways of threading a public readily available narrative on reality that we all consume and it’s only laced with truth, there is always something omitted or tweaked that should have not phrased that way if the intention is to report or inform. A website like this is a good start in the dismantling of that unethical path of public opinion that is conducive to violence on streets at given points of media-coordinated event where one enraging event is broadcast at the same time in unison or something. There should not be organized institutions in the fostering or harboring of any sort of public order, vandalism, chaos and criminal activity in coordination with politicians and lobbyists of any sort. This is a far-fetch degeneration on psychological operations that should not be made a mainstream model for business. There should is no bureau on the ethical standards on initiatives regarding the right to Free Speech that explicitly addresses the issue of payments given to protestors.
You are just scratching the surface of the smoke and mirrors that goes on. The level of manipulation goes much deeper.
Our politicians have been playing a game for a very long time. Especially our government. The birth of the internet and social media created a path to influence people with ideas that often have no basis in reality.
First we saw the rise of trolls. Then Anon came out of that. They were hackers and trolls. They then became hacktivist.
They began spinning wild narratives online. Anon isn’t one county. It’s worldwide. So you had every country involved in some way.
Then the respective governments got involved and began using the same methods.
Then troll farms came. At first, they were only teams of a dozen or so that each operated a dozen or fake accounts each on each platform. Tech advances have made it possible to have one person teams who operate 100’s of accounts. Much of it bot and automated but the bots have gotten pretty good.
90% if not more of your engagement is troll farms. They are paid to influence and manipulate you. They create an illusion that a high number of people agree with a certain narrative when it is really only a handful of people operating a farm. It’s an illusion. None of it’s real.
Then you have your protests. you have paid protestors. You have antifa groups which I’ll talk more about in a moment, citizens and assorted groups that volunteered.
Antifa is a blanket term of which many groups fall under. However, they do organize to some degree.
Those that do organize are anarchist. They don’t care about saving democracy. They want to burn it to the ground. They create affinity groups of 2–15. They keep the circle small to ensure secrecy. They can then join up with other groups for larger actions.
They are centered around illegal activities for there purposes. It’s more than just dissent. It’s terrorism.