A big part of this is, as you said - the breathless coverage of these protests by the media. I get that it's a slow news cycle beyond COVID. But these stem from astroturfed campaigns by big money, right wing donors. Some have spread organically following in their lead however. But there have been just as many "protect renters" protests …
A big part of this is, as you said - the breathless coverage of these protests by the media. I get that it's a slow news cycle beyond COVID. But these stem from astroturfed campaigns by big money, right wing donors. Some have spread organically following in their lead however. But there have been just as many "protect renters" protests from the left going on and you don't hear a PEEP about them from the local or national media.
A big part of this is, as you said - the breathless coverage of these protests by the media. I get that it's a slow news cycle beyond COVID. But these stem from astroturfed campaigns by big money, right wing donors. Some have spread organically following in their lead however. But there have been just as many "protect renters" protests from the left going on and you don't hear a PEEP about them from the local or national media.