Josh Marshall navigates contemporary politics with ease:
Marc also has this line …
I posit that there is no meaningful distinction b/w grassroots, organized and spontaneous gatherings in the modern world.
First, there’s no such thing as spontaneous gatherings. I think the distinction we’re getting at is whether in the ‘modern world’ there’s any distinction between actual grassroots organizing and astroturf rent-a-riots put together purely for media consumption by monied special interest groups. The two categories often bleed into each other. But in broad strokes they’re fairly distinguishable. To the extent that there’s ‘no meaningful distinction’ in the modern world that’s almost entirely a factor of reporters not doing their jobs poorly.