• stoy@lemmy.zip
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    1 month ago

    It feels like either the Obama or Trump precidency unlocked the unhinged alt-right in the US.

    This is such a gigantic historical event that we need a big investigation.

    What triggered this?

    I realize that it didn’t happen over one night, but the change has been extreme in a very short period of time.

    It would be interesting to see a timeline combined with a chart of political divide in the US population.

    But it is probably not somethibg we will ever see, as I believe it has to do with changes as to how social networks push content, something they will never disclose.

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      1 month ago

      Lack of consequences is what happened. Lack of spine in republicans who favor party over the country. Lack of judicial oversight. Some stupid assumption that politicians were above scrutiny or that the public would be intelligent enough to not vote for someone like that. That’s reverse order but yeah.