The grifters on the right have all the visibility and attention right now on account of their deleterious (putting it mildly) effects on American culture and discourse but looking at the tech power grifters, the corporate culture grifters, the MLM grifters, Oprah has had elements of all over the years.

While she's way more moderate in her position and presentation and appeals to a much more mixed political base, she's been sewing some ground over the years for future grifters to plant seeds.

I don't write this like Oprah caused a cultural shift or caused Trump to win or anything, just that I think in the wake of how extreme the right has gotten we've gotten kind of rose colored glasses about liberal grifting because it seems so tame in comparison even though it played a part in getting us in this mess in the first place.

And to be clear no hate towards Oprah she's obviously a bastard but from from what I know of her seems a lot more checkered than most in terms of good/bad.

Also unrelated but good on the cash me outside girl for making bank and starting a charity or whatever glad someone from that meat grinder made out like a bandit and the only people who lost money were either voluntary donations or weird horny men like good for her.