Republicans claim to fear left-wing authoritarianism — but there's no such thing | Yes, dictators sometimes cloak themselves in "socialism." But tyranny, here and elsewhere, is always right-wing

This article is part of a divisive propaganda campaign which is pushing the narrative online that it's okay to take what you're owed.

The same author has a book available on Amazon titled "Mend or Spend: How to Force Rich People to Solve Economic Inequality". The precis of that includes:

We need to change the rules of the game. The wealthy must be given a financial incentive to solve income inequality, and a financial disincentive from perpetuating the problem.

Mend or Spend is the answer. The wealthy will be presented with a choice. They can either voluntarily choose to "Mend" income inequality, or else they will be forced to "Spend" their own money through a hefty new tax, applied only to the wealthy.

Mend or Spend creates a powerful incentive. It encourages the wealthy to become part of the solution. In order to avoid the fierce new tax, the wealthy would spring into action to share more of their prosperity with the rest of us. And if they failed to "Mend" the problem, then the "Spend" component would be triggered to save the day

It's basically about normalising blackmail and extortion through social media manipulation. This currently very popular thread:

https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/p4iz36/got_locked_out_of_my_hotel_room_went_to_find_the/

Is an example implementation. You don't have to look too hard through that thread to determine that it's a botted thread and the true objective.

https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/p4iz36/got_locked_out_of_my_hotel_room_went_to_find_the/h909rbj/

They probably can’t get them removed from something like Hotel.com because they don’t own it so if people started going to the other sites and left reviews there it would be a bigger headache.

https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/p4iz36/got_locked_out_of_my_hotel_room_went_to_find_the/h90fjl9/

Please tell me how this can be a bigger headache for them? I would like to understand every single vector that they should be on the look out for? Please sir, this question is burning a hole in my pocket. Be sure to be detailed so I can take notes.

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