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by Shivetya 2140 days ago
Now riots and civil disorder are there to be exploited by the ruling class leading up to elections until the desired result is changed; they are in power.

Just like the noise leading into 2008, complete with celebrity moms and widows, to protests and destruction of property, once the political goal was achieved the money behind these people are groups were removed along with any attention directed their way through the press. The press has sufficient numbers who operate strictly at the order of political influences, people vastly underestimate this influence.

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The protests against police violence in Portland have continued every night since George Floyd was murdered. There has been a lot of attention at times and crowds swelled to the thousands. There is no organized money behind this, especially now that the groups are much smaller (and the police brutality and intimidation has risen to new levels).[1]

Pretty sure the ruling class would prefer for these protests to go away as quickly and quietly as possible.

[1]:https://twitter.com/r2020PB/status/1293553869470015493

> There is no organized money behind this

May I humbly ask where did all the millions donated to BLM go?

Lets just take Amazon for example. They donated to organizations(ACLU/NAACP etc). Likely non profits that support the POC communities. No one is paying protesters to be in the streets.
I don't think he's talking about Amazon's donations, but BLM itself. There is a big DONATE button on blacklivesmatter.com, and they take in millions in donations. No one knows how it is spent.
Smells like ideology to me.
Everything should.