I said it here, too. Let's not forget role of new and old media. Old media by choice, new media by design:https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/706511347484336129 …
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I said it here, too. Let's not forget role of new and old media. Old media by choice, new media by design:https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/706511347484336129 …
zeynep tufekci added,
Here, Pippa Norris argues the cultural backlash part is strong (in this global rise) of authoritarians. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/03/11/its-not-just-trump-authoritarian-populism-is-rising-across-the-west-heres-why/ …
I agree except I think "nobody represents us" is also huge part of it. There was research research showing this to be true among Trump fans.
In the US, long strain that mixes economic populism with racist ("good old days") rhetoric and calls for strongman & sometimes violence.
I mean George Wallace in past? And wave of racism against the first black president? Remember, Trump embraced by Romney while a "birther".
Until recently all this was tied to a party tied to big money. Trump comes along and says, hey, I'll tie this to *your* interests. Works.
I've been arguing since summer that Trump was a viable candidate. No crystal ball; this phenomenon is neither unique nor unprecedented.
Mixing economic populism with race-based resentment is so old that "anti-semitism is the socialism of fools" is a German saying from 1890s!
Also, as I've been pointing out, Tea Party grassroots weren't all "small government" ideologues. They wanted government to work for *them.*
The part that surprised me was that this came through Trump—don't watch reality TV. In retrospect, it makes sense, of course.
The other part that surprised me is how lousy TV media has been. Yes he's news, cover him. Giving him unfiltered microphone is not news.
So, global crisis. Nobody has magic wand but it's clear that we must make institutions work and defending positive values. At the same time.
Don't look at Trump as an aberration, a black swan event. The fact that it's neither unique to US—or even new to US—says structural causes.
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