Forces propelling Trump in the GOP are no mystery. They've been showing up in polls and academic research. Much historical precedent, too.
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People's frustration with upheavals of inequality, globalization and technology blending with xenophobia or racism? Old story, too.
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"Anti-semitism is the socialism of fools" is a German saying from 1890s. That old. The response can't be tsk-tsk'ing. This will burn us all.
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When I came to the US, I was amazed at the prosperity and the strength of public institutions. Seen it go down every year I've been here.
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This combines elite failure, institutional hollowing & big mistrust in everything with new forms of mass participation. A lot can go wrong.
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If we can't offer people a path other than "go to an elite school, maybe become a coder, and be very lucky" we will reap the whirlwind.
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Internet means that old methods of control via elite gatekeeping of public discourse won't work. I wrote about it:http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/31/opinion/campaign-stops/adventures-in-the-trump-twittersphere.html …
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with due respect, the sentence "old methods control via elite gatekeeping...,- I wrote abt it [in NYT]" sounds self-ref-unaware funny.
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It does, I know.
It’s an unsettled world.
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