“Pawn of the government”
“Being used as a pawn”
Specifically when using it as a comparison in chess, pawns are incredibly powerful in chess so the comparison doesn’t hold.
That’s all of my bs. Bye.
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The relationship in that analogy is that the pawn (consumer/follower) is controlled directly by the player (corporation/cause/etc.) and has no will of its own.