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[โ€“] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recuperation_(politics)

I'd like to think they are smart enough to not be happy about their transgressive ideas being recuperated.

[โ€“] NielsBohron@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

That's a good point. I'm familiar with the concept, but didn't realize it had been formalized so distinctly, so I suppose you're right.

It's interesting, though, because one would think that's there's always going to be a balancing act between wanting to make your message more well known and wanting to keep it unadulterated.