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Jun's avatar

Interesting analysis. For some reason it reminds me of one of Varoufakis’s points about algorithms. They serve content/products to the user and therefore generate demand similar to how Trump generates demand for his policies.

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Milton Puga Reynolds's avatar

A very clever insight.

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James's avatar

Yeah absolutely. Something in the label populist vis Trump never sat well with me. I agree with your point that Trump’s effectiveness derives from this activity of stitching together a new world view. The project is not as trivial as a populist backlash.

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BARRY GANDER's avatar

Nice point!

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Damon Kovelsky's avatar

Creating a problem to implement your solution has been "silicone vallies" MO for over a generation

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