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erronis

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3. I wonder if we'd be in this place if we didn't have the rapid dissemination of news and lies

Reply to unblock (Reply #1)

Mon Nov 5, 2018, 01:31 PM

Nov 2018

and all the other (mis)information via the internet. I guess T.V. and radio did the same in earlier days but it was more expensive and not as easy for any nut job to use.

I agree with your point that the two parties are now more enemies than different points-of-view.

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Propublica, WaPo: How Congress Stopped Working [View all] erronis Nov 2018 OP

many factors are inter-related. unblock Nov 2018 #1

I wonder if we'd be in this place if we didn't have the rapid dissemination of news and lies erronis Nov 2018 #3

it's not so much the speed of the internet as the balkanization of the media unblock Nov 2018 #5

Loss of the loyal minority zipplewrath Nov 2018 #2

+ abso-effing-lutely JHB Nov 2018 #4

Great analysis altho pretty gloomy. Thanks. erronis Nov 2018 #6

We're in a real mess zipplewrath Nov 2018 #8

Trump's 40% approval shows that 40% of America is already on board with fascism. apnu Nov 2018 #10

Rigging the vote: how the American right is on the way to permanent minority rule erronis Nov 2018 #7

They think Congress stopped functioning in 2008? apnu Nov 2018 #9