7 Signs of Controlled Opposition
"Controlled Opposition are the guys they send to appeal to your sensibilities on Current Thing. They distract the people that might oppose Current Thing by posing as champions of the dissenting faction. They use their positions to deplete the emotional and physical assets of the people that follow them, when those assets may potentially have been used in a meaningful way. Their entire purpose is to keep their followers engaged in the System, and to direct your energy away from real growth, so that their real masters can feed on that energy."
https://postcardsfromtheageofreason.com/2023/07/20/7-controlled-opposition/