Social media is easy to blame, but we had something similar, but worse happening in Germany well before the invention of the computer even.
Human society has not developed an antidote to charismatic demagogues yet I'm afraid.
Human society has not developed an antidote to charismatic demagogues yet I'm afraid.
We shouldn’t give up on law, institutions or culture, but accepting our failings instead of seeing humans as a perfectible project can at least give us solace in confusing times.
When did something of this magnitude just happen in the USA?
P.S.: This does not excuse Germany's actions wrt. WWII but it does help to explain.
Not true, while Germany was not solely responsible, it and Austria-Hungary were much more responsible than others.
To summarize, there are competing ideas for what got us here, but I think it was less of a real inciting event like WW1 and more of a breaking point that was eventually reached.
An entire cohort born between 1985~1995 reached their 30s in what they perceived as a far, far worse situation all around (financially foremost, but also almost every social aspect) than their parents.