I would interpret “Co-opting” as taking it over from the inside and changing it’s aims internally.

No. Co-opting shit is one of the worst tendencies that comes out of the left

But they could go and support it. Imagine organising a conservative anti-ai rally and getting met not with a counter protest, but with a horde of left/progressive people supporting your core message. It would be a head fuck and maybe enough to make you start questioning your reality and allegiances.

Sounds like you mean poverty-induced starvation?

Huh, a self-referential meme