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In the 1940s, Superman was knowns for the motto "Truth, Justice, and the American Way". In ensuing decades, however, many have found that more money can be made by promoting the opposite.
What unites Donald Trump, 'Donbass Devushka', the NRC and Seth Weathers, the promoter of the anti-trans, anti-Bud Light beer, have in common? Did you say, "grifting off of anti-American propaganda?" If so, you are correct (and not "right").
In reverse order, Weathers, " it's a remarkable grift: blame "wokeness" for one of the most basic tenets of your beloved capitalism, and then unabashedly ripoff the suckers who fall for it. Because a $30+ sixer of Bud Light definitely isn't aimed at the hard-workin', salt-of-the-Earth Americans!" Anti-woke" Bud Light knockoff is $35 for a six-pack, ("Especially if you have to wait at least a month before the beer actually ships (assuming it's not a complete scam, and actually does ship eventually"), and the NRC was riding the same wave to grift donors with beer-koozies. NRCC launches anti-Bud Light campaign, yanks it when someone realizes Anheuser-Busch is major donor
Sara Bils ('Donbass Devushka') is using her anti-American, pro-Russia platforms to hawk T-shirts: "In the US, most of these Moscow supporters promote Russia because it embodies the antithesis of an America they can no longer stand," he says, adding that expediency probably plays a part.
"It's a niche market that can make a lot of money," Hawn notes.
Indeed, Bils had set up an online store – which was taken offline last weekend – selling various items proclaiming support for the Russian war effort in Ukraine, including T-shirts and mugs celebrating Putin, pro-Kremlin Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov or Yevgeny Prigozhin, the Wagner Group boss."
And then there is the king of grift, Donald Trump... authoritarianism sells!
What unites Donald Trump, 'Donbass Devushka', the NRC and Seth Weathers, the promoter of the anti-trans, anti-Bud Light beer, have in common? Did you say, "grifting off of anti-American propaganda?" If so, you are correct (and not "right").
In reverse order, Weathers, " it's a remarkable grift: blame "wokeness" for one of the most basic tenets of your beloved capitalism, and then unabashedly ripoff the suckers who fall for it. Because a $30+ sixer of Bud Light definitely isn't aimed at the hard-workin', salt-of-the-Earth Americans!" Anti-woke" Bud Light knockoff is $35 for a six-pack, ("Especially if you have to wait at least a month before the beer actually ships (assuming it's not a complete scam, and actually does ship eventually"), and the NRC was riding the same wave to grift donors with beer-koozies. NRCC launches anti-Bud Light campaign, yanks it when someone realizes Anheuser-Busch is major donor
Sara Bils ('Donbass Devushka') is using her anti-American, pro-Russia platforms to hawk T-shirts: "In the US, most of these Moscow supporters promote Russia because it embodies the antithesis of an America they can no longer stand," he says, adding that expediency probably plays a part.
"It's a niche market that can make a lot of money," Hawn notes.
Indeed, Bils had set up an online store – which was taken offline last weekend – selling various items proclaiming support for the Russian war effort in Ukraine, including T-shirts and mugs celebrating Putin, pro-Kremlin Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov or Yevgeny Prigozhin, the Wagner Group boss."
And then there is the king of grift, Donald Trump... authoritarianism sells!