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Honestly, The Internet created this.

• whynotmaybe 5mo ago
  No, internet was just another media added to the list. Reagan was elected before general Internet availability.
  • krapp 5mo ago
    I don't know. Trump's popularity was definitely fueled by the social media. QAnon started as a meme on 4chan. I think it's a mistake to overstate the effect but it's definitely there and it seems different than even Obama's use of social media, which was considered revolutionary at the time.
    • amelius 5mo ago
      Of course there is no way to prove it but when you go from a few broadcasting institutions to a situation where everybody is a broadcaster, then we should not be surprised to see some pretty wild effects that the inventors of democracy certainly didn't think of in 500 B.C.