Found this graph online for anyone who might still be confused. I think this makes it much more clear.

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    With the major difference that those nations have a lot more social programs to combat poverty and homelessness, and have health insurance that doesn’t bankrupt people. That really helps with social cohesion and prevents larger scale radicalization.

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      7 hours ago

      And yet we’re witnessing a similar large scale shift to the right across many of those same unnamed (but presumably European) nations.

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        Which is the working of targeted propaganda spread by the legacy and social media and not an innate function of “democratic” nations.