Troll farms are associated with those who have more money than committed activists. Whatever you may think of the left, it tends to have the opposite. - maybe the vague center left at the level of Jeff Bezos could that but even here, you have money proportionate to committed followers.
the opposite of the military industrial complex
There's no money in anti-militarism. antiwar.com is a libertarian (ie right) website but it has survive on donations. Troll farm pay for opinions, that's a pretty specific thing.
Edit: Reading the article, this farm apparently supported some "left wing" causes. But basically it comes down to money.
I have different experience. Soros & co are really operating a political engineering project in eastern europe. He is funding many NGOs here, to the point where regular people hearing "NGO" interprete it as shady-leftist-organisation.
We have no rich enough capitalists, only foreign leftists care about installing their world view here.
I used to work in a team where everyone except me had studied at the now closed Central European University. My current personal manager also sudied at the CUE. Very clever and open minded people. And what is "your experience" based on again?
the opposite of the military industrial complex
There's no money in anti-militarism. antiwar.com is a libertarian (ie right) website but it has survive on donations. Troll farm pay for opinions, that's a pretty specific thing.
Edit: Reading the article, this farm apparently supported some "left wing" causes. But basically it comes down to money.