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ELI5: What in the hell did Trump tap into that is almost causing a second civil war in america? (lemmy.world)
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[-] recapitated@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

There's always been a sort of background radiation of this. Decades ago Rush Limbaugh was prolific in inspiring a weird new direction of fashy talk radio shows and Fox capitalized on it like no other. Trump didn't do it, he just rode the surf.

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