> I don't recall a situation where it's been this extreme There was no outright fraud. There has been a massive amount of time, money, investigation, and litig

> I don't recall a situation where it's been this extreme There was no outright fraud. There has been a massive amount of time, money, investigation, and litigation that all points in the same direction. So why do so many people believe there was election fraud in 2020? There are too many people with financial incentives to make people outraged now: - Social media platforms, - new media companies, - hybrid entertainment-journalism companies, - fake media companies, - wealthy idiots dipping into politics (Patrick Byrne, Mike Liddell, Ginny Thomas, etc), - campaigns raising huge money on "stop the steal" claims (Donny Trump, Kari Lake) - a cottage industry of charlatan lawyers litigating "Stop The Steal" without any evidence (Rudy Giuliani, Sydney Powell, Lin Wood) I don't think it's a stretch to say that these people don't care about the truth. They are in it for the power and/or money. And after the 2008 SCOTUS decision that unleashed unlimited money in politics, elections have become the cheaper alternative to having to compete in the marketplace. Also worth pointing out that Trump re-engaged many voters who were disillusioned by politics before him (and thus, completely ignorant about policies). He turned political rallies into WWE wrasslin' shows -- I with I could unread all of the articles which mentioned "heel" and "kayfabe". Sadly the target audience of WWE isn't exactly media literate and probably can't tell the differences between fact, opinion, hyperbole, and completely fabricated gossip.