"The Revolution of Everyday Life:
Survival and false opposition to it."
by Raoul Vaneigem [1967]
Chapter 18 "Spurious Opposition"

Half truths, blind spots and congenital denial, Trump's Epstein derangement syndrome.

#Safeguarding himself not the vulnerable.

'You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time.'

Another example, documented below, involved an agent provocateur [presumed FBI asset] used to undermine the establishment of a mutual aid, community food co-op in 1970's Minneapolis.
coopwars.com

I live in a taxpayer-funded, self-managed housing co-op [pre-Thatcher]. The challenge is to maintain our properties to the highest possible standard for the lowest possible rent. For our competitors [i.e. not other co-ops] the concern is to maximise profit in return for the lowest possible service.