Because Elon's no longer in Trump's entourage to pay people to show up.
this post was submitted on 15 Jun 2025
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Bots and people like asmongold who have no actual human connection and stay in their basement all day don't typically go to parades.
I never noticed but I can say that places where they announced a no kings day celebration in a very red area people where talking shit about running over protesters but at the event no one actually violent. At best shouting in a public area.
Id go with people act the way they want online, but the act different in front of a human
The AI bots wanted to attend but the tech to give them robot bodies isn't ready yet. It's okay though, they were there in spirit.
Grifters, who don't care but act like they do for money.
Astrofurfing, who are being paid to say things.
Bots, who aren't people so can't attend.
Difficult to attend the parade, flights from Russia are spendy.
There is astroturfing, but there is also a lot of propaganda and story curation around the protests.
I was able to watch it on youtube in the comfort of my home without having to deal with travel, parking, and protester crap.
What a thrilling experience that must have been for you. The Pomp and the pageantry huh?
I enjoyed the way they did the historical uniform and weapons display. It was pretty neat. I wouldn’t call it “thrilling” but it was decent background material while working. Parades aren’t what they used to be of course, the internet kinda changed everything.
I realize you’re being cheeky, and that’s ok. I expect it here.
youtube is one of the wrost offenders for botted comment sections, especially around political posts. maybe 1 in 20 are actually human. and most of those human comments are them remarking on the bot comments.
illusions are powerful until you know how they work.
Whenever I look at the comments of a Gamer's Nexus video, Steve often remarks on the hordes of bots he banned, but when I go to other videos, I usually am unable to tell what's real and what's fake. I guess that the commenters that have scantily-clad women as their profile picture probably aren't real, but are there other signs that I can look out for? Naturally, I don't attach more than a grain of credibility to YouTube comments, but I just want to really get a feeling of just how botted they are.
Bots!
Astroturfing doesn't translate well IRL.
People can post from anywhere, but need to be physically present to show up to a parade. And it's easy for a single person to post multiple times. FWIW apparently the weather sucked too.
Weirdly, I haven't seen news outlets provide estimates of the number of attendees. The closest I've seen is
attendance appeared to fall far short of early predictions that as many as 200,000 people would attend
from CBC. It sounds like it was low turnout, but I'm not clear how low.
Assuming the photos are legit, the No Kings protests clearly got a lot of people out.
It seems they intentionally avoided having cameras on where the crowds would be. This shot of the bleachers is pretty telling though.
Bots can't attend a parade in person
racism is easier to support online than in person.
the best way to resolve racist opinions is to coerce those with abhorrent views to see their targets as human beings exactly like themselves. having this happen physically, in person, is a requirement.