Far right politicians are gaining power not because they have better ideas or anything approaching a vision for the future, they’re winning because they’re better at manipulating through new technologies and have no shame about lying or subverting democracy.

Far right politicians are gaining power not because they have better ideas or anything approaching a vision for the future, they’re winning because they’re better at manipulating through new technologies and have no shame about lying or subverting democracy.

— Jared Yates Sexton (@JYSexton) October 28, 2018