Fukuyama argues that among familiar causes of populism—inequality, racism, elite failure, charisma—the internet best explains why populism surged now and in similar ways across different countries. He uses comparative cases (e.g., Poland without U.S.‑style racial dynamics) to show why tech’s information dynamics fit the timing and form of the wave.
— If true, platform governance and information‑environment design become central levers for stabilizing liberal democracy, outweighing purely economic fixes.
Daniel M. Rothschild
2025.12.03
75% relevant
The article singles out the 'online new right' as channeling energy into repackaging older illiberal doctrines and bringing foreign conservative strains to the U.S.; that maps to the existing idea that the internet’s information dynamics are a primary driver of modern populist and illiberal political movements.
Helle Malmvig
2025.12.02
40% relevant
The article situates Denmark’s shift within a Europe‑wide populist wave; while it doesn’t foreground platforms, the pattern of rapid, cross‑country convergence on immigration policy mirrors the comparative timing and diffusion the existing idea attributes to information‑environment dynamics.
Aporia
2025.11.29
70% relevant
The article points to memes, doctored videos, and online intellectual echo chambers as accelerants of anti‑China sentiment, matching the existing idea that internet dynamics explain rapid, cross‑national populist swings and shared grievances.
Tanya Gold
2025.11.29
65% relevant
Sultana’s large TikTok following (second among UK politicians) and her touring rallies show platform prominence translating into political capital and rapid leader emergence, echoing the argument that online networks and attention dynamics are central drivers of populist and personality‑led politics.
Francis Fukuyama
2025.10.02
100% relevant
Fukuyama’s process‑of‑elimination claim that 'technology broadly and the internet in particular' are the most salient explanation for the period’s populism, citing Poland as a counter to race‑centric accounts.