It doesn't. So long as their is class-based social and economic inequality in society, there will be communities of resentment coming together online. Once a social resentment block forms, a Maven (demagogue) eventually comes in to make money off of them and gain social prominence. Once these Mavens have their cults formed, it is only a …
It doesn't. So long as their is class-based social and economic inequality in society, there will be communities of resentment coming together online. Once a social resentment block forms, a Maven (demagogue) eventually comes in to make money off of them and gain social prominence. Once these Mavens have their cults formed, it is only a matter of time before some politician trying to capitalize off of those grievance comes around and starts virtue-signaling to get their support. This dynamic can exist on the left or the right but is most prominent on the right because the left is more likely to socially exclude people on the right from their lives and so social grievances tend to pop up more on the right due to the exclusion, but in theory this dynamic could go either way.
It doesn't. So long as their is class-based social and economic inequality in society, there will be communities of resentment coming together online. Once a social resentment block forms, a Maven (demagogue) eventually comes in to make money off of them and gain social prominence. Once these Mavens have their cults formed, it is only a matter of time before some politician trying to capitalize off of those grievance comes around and starts virtue-signaling to get their support. This dynamic can exist on the left or the right but is most prominent on the right because the left is more likely to socially exclude people on the right from their lives and so social grievances tend to pop up more on the right due to the exclusion, but in theory this dynamic could go either way.