Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
So that is the why of Donald Trump. He was the chosen instrument of an insurgent public, and no established centers of power stood in his way. The somewhat different question of how this transpired now needs to be posed. In 1980, 1990, even 2000, Trump’s bizarre trajectory would have been not just impossible but politically suicidal. What has chang
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advance of progress, and placed in doubt the naïve faith, which I originally shared, that data and knowledge were identical. Even then, the problem was framed by
Martin Gurri • Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
its remarkable evolution in 2001. The social network Friendster was launched in 2002, with MySpace and LinkedIn
Martin Gurri • Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
government. And only if you
Martin Gurri • Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
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change. Overload speaks to our dazed mental reaction. Then there are the trivially obvious flood
Martin Gurri • Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
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