The op works so well because it captures incredibly stupid people with large audiences and then they convince everyone the op isnโt an op for free.
Useful idiots helped spread communism, socialism, Marxism, Nazism, Maoism, and every other collectivist organized ideology in history.
There are people paid by the op, for sure, but the majority of them are just really, really dumb, so they easily fall for the grift while they think that they can gain from it.
From that point on, it controls their every thought, becomes part of their identity, and they will fight to defend it.
Useful idiotsโฆ