I only read up to the paywall, but the information and writing up to it was quite good. I agree with the author, there is clearly a Dissident Inc. network that is being artificially promoted and prepared by one faction of the Deep State.

The reason why more people are not speaking out against it is because a) so many people took the bribe or signed up to the network which allows them to gain reach and by extension, money

and b) because of how powerful these supposed “dissidents” really are.

Finally c) there is a feeling that there really isn’t any other option because the only platforms that allow even a modicum of free speech like Substack are run by this dissident faction.

If one actually reads up on and studies the writings of the supposed ideology underpinning the big ideas men mentioned in the article, one begins to suspect that if they ever come to power they may actually end up being even worse than the current status quo.

You have the same dynamic with the supposed multipolar BRICS order that people desperately latch onto out of a desire to feel hope. But the remedy is often worse than the disease.

Still, even I don’t go as hard against these fake dissidents as much as I should. I don’t associate with them though and no longer promote anyone associated with their network either. Had I bit my tongue and played nice, I’d be 3x as large as I am now, easily.

Until bigger names start speaking out about the network of fake dissident opposition outlined in the article, they will continue to swallow up and standardize a kind of mainstream alternative media. MAM, to use an Ike term.