Is Neighborhood Fragmentation Polarizing America? An Interview with Johns Hopkins' Seth D. Kaplan
Zooming In at The UnPopulist
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Is There a Relationship Between Populism and Loneliness?
Could the problems that you describe be related to the rise and spread of not just populism, but kind of the conspiratorial thinking that goes along with it? And I'm thinking of like the significant rise of say QAnon. Like, is there a relation between that kind of down the rabbit hole conspiracy thinking and the loneliness and disconnection that you're describing? Yes, I would, I can't prove it. But I mean, let's go back. If you look at the data of the people who supported Trump early in his presidential run, there's plenty of data that shows that if you lived in counties or places with high social connectivity, you are less likely to support Trump than
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