> That undercurrent of "government is bad" doesn't come from nowhere. It comes largely from Fox News It's reinforced by Fox News, but it's got far deeper roots

> That undercurrent of "government is bad" doesn't come from nowhere. It comes largely from Fox News It's reinforced by Fox News, but it's got far deeper roots. The current US political strain ascended with people like Barry Goldwater and Milton Friedman in the 60s (but has even older antecedents), culminating in Reagan and the modern Republican party in the 80s/90s. Fox News was founded 1996, and the closely-related right-wing talk radio universe only got its start about a decade earlier, I think.