Does more than slide the forum.

Stimuli to slide your mental response.

Innocuous on sight like it's just any other thread that on first appearance is written well enough to garner a probability of believability.

In this narrative the manipulation is feeding this websites oft "Right" viewpoint that higher wages lack solvency by connotation that the employees are wrong and therefore eventually getting what they deserve in the end by probably losing their jobs.

As the responses to those initial threads demonstrate this tactic was rather effective. Yayyyyyy!!!!!

Many of the denizens here readily believe that the "Left' is manipulated, shaped, and molded to fit an agenda. In my opinion this is just as much true for the political "Right".

**The Bigger Picture**

No obvious deceit while maintaining the dividing line with supposition of agreement of political ideology of a currently debated topic to enhance interest.

The dividing line is extremely important. Build it wide and dig it deep. The Far Left/Far Right are easier to control. Keep them away from it.

Maintain both sides. Play them against each other. Always win.