The number of protests globally since 2006 are triple the 10 years before. You constantly hear: "nobody represents us." Everywhere.
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Academic research bears this out: legislators respond to donors and wealthy constituents. (So mundane that you don't need research to know).
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When you have a nominal democracy that is in fact captured by the powerful *and* significant social change.. You get these complex effects.
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Backlash to (what I'd consider positive) social change AND a constituency that feels unrepresented PLUS deliberate erosion of institutions..
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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 …
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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/ …
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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.
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In the US, long strain that mixes economic populism with racist ("good old days") rhetoric and calls for strongman & sometimes violence.
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I mean George Wallace in past? And wave of racism against the first black president? Remember, Trump embraced by Romney while a "birther".
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