Now, that in part had to do with the fact that government wasn't as responsive as it should have been. And inequality grew. And then finally media. I think One of the most important aspects of our democratic practice is having a well informed citizenry which is reliant on a free, objective, effective press. And, and that started getting attacked. And so you combine all those factors together and we saw it over the course of decades, but obviously it's gotten a lot worse now. (23:17–23:34)
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