As far as the rise of the right in the EU and Brexit as Eric Idle from Monty Python stated on Bill Maher last Friday, I think it all comes down to Cambridge Analytica, Troll farms, and Putin in response to the stalemate in Ukraine. In Poland secret recordings got the legit candidates booted out of office and replaced by the far right who I don't endorse in any way shape or form but I do know they are making some good policy decisions for the "forgotten man" unlike here where we had a corporate takeover.
Well worth listening to that podcast with Sam harris, The russian troll farms were playing each side off each other. Setting up Black Lives Matter Pages and Blue Lives matter pages and basically just seeding Chaos across social platforms. Very clever of them, and an explination, at least in part, for the huge divisions in society that have appeared in the last 5 year.
Thanks.
I appreciate the acknowledgement of Russian troll farms. Obviously some live in denial which I can't figure sunce it has been proven that Russians hack Hillary's email the day Trump publicly asked them to and released them when the Trump "I am groper" tape came out.
Also my wife works with the Russian cyber security expert who traced the hacking of the DNC and RNC to the Russians. So even if people want to deny these things they are only fooling themselves.
I will listen to the Sam Harris podcast. I am happy to see that all this is becoming common knowledge. I still remember debating with people who denied that Pro-Russian rebels shot down MH17.