Corporations don't want to get caught influencing elections. So they start non-profits, claim they're grassroots, and then convincing millions of stupid aging hippies to send them checks so they can continue rapacious profit in the name of "justice" and "peace."

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070508-laws-for-sale-astroturfing-and-citizen-apathy-on-the-rise.html

If you think there's any real dissent in your country, ask yourself why the hippies, anarchists, Big Business, religion and government are all gunning for the same New World Order? I'm surrounded by drones and sycophants!