Zombie_Jonathon
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The main reason this song resonates with so many people isn’t political. It’s because the song is raw and authentic. We are suffocated by artificiality. Everything around us is fake. A guy in the woods pouring his heart over his guitar is real.


I didn’t want to comment on all this because Oliver Anthony seems like a genuinely great guy, but Matt Walsh’s sanctimonious word vomit forced my hand. There was nothing authentic about this song’s rise to popularity. Jason Howerton seems to be the key player involved in the astroturfing campaign. He’s the CEO of Reach Digital, which helps “media companies and political influencers grow their social media footprint exponentially.” Jason was one of the first accounts heavily promoting this song as he provided a background on Oliver Anthony and his faith. Jason indicates that Oliver Anthony had been contacted to record the song. Jason also admits he even covered the cost to produce the record. So who wrote the song? And how did so many big right wing-accounts have the video ready to post simultaneously? You can like the song, and like it’s message without gaslighting us into believing this was an authentic viral hit by a simple country man with a mic and a guitar. “Launch a product, get over 1.3 million hits” overnight was the article Mr. Howerton shared on LinkedIn. This was another Conservative Inc AstroTurf campaign. Embrace it.


































