Where would you place the original sin that led to trump? My leading candidates: McConnell on inauguration eve, nominating Palin.
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original? slavery -> civil war -> reconstruction -> southern strategy -> dog whistle politics becoming coarser and shriller -> trump
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I started writing same answer, but doesn't account for concurrent rise of Trumpalikes in other countries w/o that history.
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You're also leaving out the rise of reality TV
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and not just reality TV, internet itself is powering some of it too. Filter bubbles, social media meme amplification.
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And the 24 hour news cycle
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if only we could sum up humanity’s problems in 140 characters then maybe we’d stand a chance.
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Put that on Twitter's pitch deck
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