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When did the Left go from Standing up to ‘The Man’ to becoming ‘The Man’? By Brian C. JoondephJune 8, 2023“The Man” was the left’s bogeyman in the 1960s and 70s, representing establishment authority and oppression, from the Viet Nam war to the civil rights movement.As the Urban Dictionary defines the term,Quote “The Man is the head of ‘the establishment’ put in place to ‘bring us down’. Though nobody has physically seen ‘the man’, he is assumed to be a male Caucasian between the ages of 25-40 and is rumored to have a substantial amount of acquired wealth, presumably acquired by exploiting those whom his ‘establishment’ is keeping down."... Instead of fighting the establishment and authority, the left became that which they were fighting. They now controlled the levers of power, including the evil CIA, FBI, DOJ, military, and other oppressive government agencies.Democrats and the left had transitioned from standing up to The Man to becoming The Man. ...George W Bush gave us the Patriot Act, where federal intelligence and law enforcement agencies were now weaponized against the American people.Obama took Bush’s gift and pushed the limits, allowing the IRS to target Obama’s political opposition. This culminated in RussiaGate where his administration and agencies, using fabricated evidence, spied on a presidential candidate, transition, and administration by using the full weight of the FBI, DOJ, and CIA illegally as in a banana republic dictatorship.Former watchdogs against government overreach by The Man, namely the media, happily went along. ...
“The Man is the head of ‘the establishment’ put in place to ‘bring us down’. Though nobody has physically seen ‘the man’, he is assumed to be a male Caucasian between the ages of 25-40 and is rumored to have a substantial amount of acquired wealth, presumably acquired by exploiting those whom his ‘establishment’ is keeping down."
