I was at a protest once, in college, and this paid activist got in front of the very large group I was with as we were chanting and pretended she was leading the chant and we were responding to her directives. I think about this a lot.
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When my mom was a teenager, she and her friends used to hang out in front of the school to watch the football team run laps on their practice.
One friend would sometimes run out ahead of them, and "flee" with the entire Regi football team "chasing" her as she ran screaming around the block.
Same energy.