@ins0mniak Andrew Tate did exactly one thing I respected: He explained in detail how the powers that be approach 'influencers' and try to recruit them, and the escalating attacks they launch if you oppose the agenda.

To give a relatively uncontroversial example (at this late date): Covid.

You could see the process of co-opting play out as total system shills like Stephen Colbert promoted every twist and turn of the covid narrative while any resistance was punished proportionate to the threat.