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A grassroots movement displayed where there is none

Artificial fields from whence it spawned

A creature born of Silicon Valley dirt

Behold: the venture capitalist ASTROTERF

A skulking beast

Born to buy back stocks

And ride the wave of right-wing vitriol

It feeds off the souls the company killed

and bends public opinion to its will

It starts with selling automated suicidal cars

Sucking up the planet, and projecting colonies on Mars

It won’t end until the glutton is pleased

Buying platforms to appease its racist needs

It’s all lies, the promises he brings us

Controlling minds with memes horrendous

Posturing as liberal

Overblowing a trans rights bill