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Eh... or the shift from traditional fact checked journalism to crowd sourced channels has enabled a much more virulent strain of populism to succeed in elections.

Turns out, when you promise people more money, less taxes, and fewer of "them" (whoever the them-du-jour is), they tend to vote for you!

Historically, this truth has been balanced out by trustworthy news sources, but social media effectively imploded 80% of those by eating their ad revenue.