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[quote=Anonymous]Follow the money.

There has been a rise in populism and traditionalism in recent decades in all first world democracies.

This is because after WWII recovery and the boom years at the end of the last century and into this one, income inequality has worsened, and the riches promised by globalism have been kept in the hands of a lucky few.

The forgotten industries and towns dotting European and American countrysides have create a whole underclass of people who feel left behind and whose resentment has come to the fore thanks to the internet. Before that, they couldn't find each other. Now there is a whole ecosystem of resentment created by influencers and pundits who make money off disaffected populations by fanning the flame of their discontent and hate for the government and migrants. Because when times are hard, people look for scapegoats, and the first two targets have historically always been: the establishment; and the residents who don't look like them. This has been the case since the dawn of humanity.

This explains the rise of autocratic-minded leaders in the West, who use populism and demagoguery to attract huge swathes of voters who have brainwashed themselves into believing an alternate reality of "facts": one of them being that migrants are somehow the cause of their suffering, which is demonstrably false (and the opposite of the truth).

It seems that Homo Sapiens is not entirely ready for the unbridled internet and the era of Pick Your Own Reality.

And now we have AI to contend with. Oh Boy.

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