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‘His legacy is cringe’: how Charlie Kirk became a meme among the young – even his supporters
(www.theguardian.com)
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It's not mutually exclusive and, to avoid a double ping:
This overwhelmingly is not what his job actually was. His job was pretending to get youth support so his mostly older audience felt better about themselves. He was a slopagandist whose job was to preach to the choir, which is harmful but for a different reason
Incidentally, brainwashing isn't real and one person doesn't have the power to enculturate you unless you are locked in their basement or something.