Buyer beware: You are being sold that “the only good Conservative is a Progressive“. Case Study, Matt Stoller
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Progressive Think Tank Celebrity Matt Stoller
Politico, April 2023: Washington’s Angriest Progressive Is Winning Over Conservatives – and Baffling Old Allies. The activist who breathed new life into the antitrust movement wants support from the other side.
Who is Matt Stoller?
Matt is the Project Director of Research at American Economic Liberties. The board of the American Economic Liberties Project is a bastion of Democrats from the Obama administration.
The Board includes:
- Brandi Collins-Dexter
Visiting fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy and a senior fellow at Color Of Change - Laleh Ispahani
Managing director of Open Society-U.S., where she oversees grant making, advocacy, and administrative work. - Ronald Newman
Was the National Political Director at the American Civil Liberties Union, where he oversaw policy, advocacy, organizing, and electoral programming.
Who are the big funders?
- Ford Foundation
- Rockefeller Brothers Fund
- William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
- The Omidyar Network
The Omidyar Network is funded by billionaire Pierre Omidyar, founder of Ebay. Forbes ranked Omidyar as the 24th-richest person in the world in 2021, with an estimated net worth of $9 billion. Omidyar is a long-term Democratic Party donor.
ActBlue
If you would like to contribute money to the organization it is under the nonprofit umbrella of ActBlue, an exclusively Democrat business.
From the Economic Liberties contributions page: “ActBlue Charities is a registered charitable organization formed to democratize charitable giving.“
From the ActBlue website: “We are a mission-based organization, which is why only Democrats and progressive organizations (not Republicans) can use our tools to fundraise.“
Matt has found a Conservative/ Nudist/ Anarchist/ Libertarian base that has adopted Matt as a surrogate to express their own political and ideological dissatisfaction. In this way they have ‘outsourced‘ intellectual combat to Matt in his presumed battle against Big Tech.
Matt has a popular Twitter account and from this platform he became known for his firm anti-monopoly stance, this is his brand. He is also a Progressive Democrat activist, also his brand.
Can these two oppositional forces co-exist?
- “I want to do significant reorganization to the business and operations of the tech giants.”
- “I am a Progressive Democrat and activist that wants to help get Democrat Progressives elected.”
Certainly I can understand Conservatives wanting to do the anti-monopoly Google thing, they have been the victims of tech tyranny and its asymmetrical warfare, but why would Liberals, Dems, Nudists, Progressives ever concede their advantage?
Matt Stoller and Covid
July 2020 Matt expresses a gripe focused on Trump and Covid:
To which I replied
And Matt’s reply: “copy whatever Germany or South Korea or the UK or Denmark did. Have strategy on plan and be honest and open about its successes and failures”
Of course, like his pronouncement on FTC vs Qualcomm, when challenged we see that Matt is not burdened by truth or any investigation.
Let’s dig into what his referenced countries were doing in their battle against Covid.
What was Korea doing?
MIT Technology review, March 2020: “Under current guidelines from the Korean Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, anyone who has come into contact with a confirmed coronavirus carrier is subject to a mandatory two-week self-quarantine. “Contact” is defined as having been within two meters of a confirmed carrier, or having been in the same room where a confirmed patient has coughed.
Once self-quarantine subjects receive an order from their local medical center, they are legally prohibited from leaving their quarantine areas—usually their homes—and are instructed to maintain strict separation from other people, including family members. Those in lockdown are assigned to a local government case officer, who checks in twice a day by phone to track the development of any symptoms, and mobile testing teams are deployed to collect samples if things escalate.“
What was Germany doing?
February 2022, The Trumpet: “…46 percent of Germans believe that it is no longer possible to express one’s opinion openly in Germany. Eighteen percent of Germans said they are prepared to take part in protests if the coronavirus measures were to last longer. In the 35-to-44 age group, the survey found that almost 30 percent shared that view.
This is not surprising. German Health Minister Karl Lauterbach said in an Agence France-Presse interview: “In Germany, it’s not enough just to get on the nerves of the unvaccinated, you have to do more. I am a very clear supporter of a general vaccination obligation.” On February 8, Lauterbach expressed fear that 400 to 500 people would die per day, instead of 100 to 150, if Germany were to ease lockdown restrictions. He noted that these were his own calculations. Due to the mass hysteria and propaganda, a slim majority oppose easing lockdowns anytime soon.
However, an analysis of numerous studies from all over the world published by the renowned Johns Hopkins University found that lockdowns in Europe and the United States have had virtually no effect on the number of coronavirus deaths. According to the studies, the coronavirus death rate was reduced by only 0.2 percent. This small percentage is far outweighed by the number of deaths caused by lockdowns.
The media has portrayed protesters as a fringe group with extremist ideologies. But much evidence indicates that it is Germany’s middle class that is marching in the streets, as Welt noted in “Germany’s Angry Center: A Dark Field.” The article quotes cultural scientist Piotr Kocyba of the Berlin Institute for Protest and Movement Research (ipb) saying: “No one can seriously tell you how many people take to the streets and how many registered and, above all, unregistered events take place up and down the country.“
Ukraine
How does Matt Stoller feel about American belligerence and using Ukraine as a proxy? Great of course.
and in the end, they nudge you to vote for Biden, that’s all its ever been about
Conclusion
Ultimately, you are being sold that “the only good Conservative is a Progressive”.
Matt Stoller, Buyer Beware