This week we do a deep-dive on the closed feedback loop of the #walkaway campaign, a "movement" that purports to represent liberals walking away from the Democratic Party by the thousands. Join our own movement at Patreon.com/miniondeathcult to hear this episode
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| Um, so there's a GoFundMe for this, obviously. | |
| There's a Patreon for this. | |
| Uh, the GoFundMe for the Hashtag WalkAway campaign is currently at $44,500 of a $100,000 goal. | |
| This is in 16 days. | |
| 16 days, dude raised $45,000. | |
| And I remind you, it is one guy. | |
| $100,000 goal. | |
| This is in 16 days. | |
| 16 days, the dude raised $45,000. | |
| And I remind you, it is one guy. | |
| One person. | |
| It is Brendan Stracca. | |
| Fucking grifted $45,000 from people so that he could post, he could repost, he could share videos that other people uploaded about how they're conservative. | |
| This person did zero work too, they just wrote an algorithm and made it happen. | |
| Dude, this is like- Click enter. | |
| This is like Uber Boomer. | |
| This is Boomer Uber! | |
| Like, all these people, they own their own cellphones, all these conservatives uploading videos, they own their own cellphones, they write their own content, they deliver their own message, and fuckin' hashtag walkaway invents a share feature. | |
| They just repost it to their own website and charges you for the privilege. | |
| So, the thing is, I like to hope this person is just a really good business person, and I don't feel bad for them pulling the wool over these people's eyes. | |
| I hope that this guy really is just an actor, and he's gonna use his money to just, I don't know, invest in features. | |
| It's really very harmless. | |
| Like what he's doing is the opposite of effective. | |
| Yeah, exactly. | |
| It's like the most media bubble thing there is. | |
| It's a media bubble inside of a media bubble. | |
| So, the Me Too campaign, the money that was raised for that was used to advocate for and defend people who need help in court with sexual assault things, right? | |
| Is that what Gloria Allred did with all that money? | |
| I think so. | |
| Was there money attached to it? | |
| Yeah, there was money. | |
| There were lawyers that got money out of this. | |
| There's now an avenue for people to reach out to get help. | |
| There's organizations out there now. | |
| Okay, that's cool. | |
| If we had any information about that to give to the listener, that would be cool. | |
| Just go to hashtag me too, I guess. | |
| Go to hashtag walk away campaign, ask Brandon Stracca about the Me Too movement. | |
| This guy is promising nothing but maybe like a documentary film which will probably just be a three hour long montage of these videos. | |
| With the beginning credit and end credit. | |
| You're just sitting there with your husband of 50 years. | |
| You're like, you know what? | |
| I'm so glad we're conservative. | |
| Yep. | |
| Look at this video that reinforces the idea that liberals suck. | |
| I'm so glad we spent $50 on this. | |
| By the 30th testimony, everybody cries. | |
| It is some weird psychological thing that happens. | |
| You and I would cry, but for different reasons. | |
| Okay, so this GoFundMe account, 44,500. | |
| Hello, Patriots! | |
| The purpose of this GoFundMe is to raise funds for the WalkAway campaign. | |
| It's a great purpose. | |
| WalkAway startup costs include legal fees for the trademark of the hashtag, legal costs, and filing fees associated with incorporating the WalkAway campaign, web design, video camera, microphone, light kit, Campaign Expansion, Graphic Design, Brand Awareness Promotion, Online Store, Marketing, Digital Ad- Help me create my company. | |
| Please. | |
| Help me create this nebulous idea for a company where we share your video. | |
| Okay, let's go to, uh... Oh my God! | |
| Dude, it's crazy. | |
| People are donating $50, $10, $100... $100! | |
| Yeah. | |
| Three hours ago, $100. | |
| It's insane. | |
| But they're all a bunch of punks just doing it anonymously. | |
| Oh my God! | |
| $285 from Tonya Roberts. | |
| That's raised from sharing. | |
| So Tanya Roberts is like a super sharer. | |
| She's like halfway up the pyramid. | |
| And she's like bringing more donations to the campaign. | |
| Let's go to the Patreon here. | |
| Hashtag walk away the unsilent minority is the name of the Facebook page this this dude ran Brandon Stracca Before starting the hashtag walk away campaign. | |
| It was called the unsilent minority Minority alluding to the fact that he's a gay white man, and he's not silent because he has a Facebook page His headshots are so good. | |
| He looks so much better in the headshot than he did in the interview. | |
| He's a handsome man. | |
| I said white passing in the interview, but looking at this, he's just white. | |
| He's pretty white. | |
| Strakka, that's like European, right? | |
| Probably. | |
| 114 patrons, 13 grand a month for this shit. | |
| Well... | |
| Step it up, minions. | |
| So here are the tiers. | |
| T-I-E-R-S. | |
| Here are the tiers at which you can donate. | |
| Oh my god. | |
| Five dollars. | |
| This tier is called the Concerned Patriot. | |
| It has 46 patrons. | |
| The combined efforts of Concerned Patriots together will make a huge difference. | |
| Thank you for your support. | |
| So donate at the Concerned Patriot level to quote, make a huge difference. | |
| That's what you're getting out of that tier. | |
| The Proud Loyalist at $10 or more per month, 38 patrons. | |
| The loyalty of great citizens like yourself will make the movement and my advocacy a success. | |
| Thank you for your support. | |
| So when do I get a sticker? | |
| At what point do I get a sticker? | |
| No, you get a successful advocacy from Brandon Straka. | |
| Do I ever get like a tote? | |
| Like a reusable shopping bag? | |
| Let's see what's at $25 a month. | |
| At $25 a month, you are the determined American. | |
| There's 18 patrons at this level. | |
| $25 a month. | |
| We will take America back. | |
| Sponsorship like yours will guarantee our success. | |
| Thank you for your support. | |
| Literally nothing. | |
| Just fucking nothing, dude. | |
| At all. | |
| At like 50 bucks I should at least get, you know, like a gun cleaning kit. | |
| This is, so if I don't donate at $25 or more a month, do we not take America back then? | |
| If I'm stuck at like the $10 a month tier, do I not get America back? | |
| Your advocacy is not results. | |
| Only 18 patrons get America back at that level. | |
| At $150 you get a little piece of America that you have personally freed. |