Most of the things you mention have been features of the system for generations. So why have things suddenly gotten worse? What’s different now?
One thing is the power of propaganda enabled by social media. Another closely related thing is foreign interference. Do we have our own homegrown scumbags? Of course we do. But only lately have they allied themselves with hostile foreign states to attack the rest of us.
Two or more things can be true at once.
Most of the things you mention have been features of the system for generations. So why have things suddenly gotten worse? What’s different now?
One thing is the power of propaganda enabled by social media. Another closely related thing is foreign interference. Do we have our own homegrown scumbags? Of course we do. But only lately have they allied themselves with hostile foreign states to attack the rest of us.