@LydiaConwell@exile.social The reason politics is always shifting to the right, is that people on the right _hate_ people on the left much more than vice versa.

This is relevant because all politicians are shite, but right-wing people will brush aside their representatives' shortcomings for as long as they manage to keep the left from getting elected.

On our side, on the other hand, whenever we see a candidate betraying their voters, we walk away from them, never to return.

This leads to a very interesting phenomenon: the rise of a right-wing working class, which feels alienated by what they call The Left (which is really just a bunch of center-right liberals who no longer care about working and economic conditions). That's why I always advocate for the real left to reach the working class before their hate for us becomes burned deep in their brains.

So, answering your question, how much of that is due to social media? Well, seeing how those on The Left keep using social media to promote a divisive view of the working class (i.e., not recognising working and economic conditions as the main cause of marginalisation, focusing on race and sexuality instead), I'd say a lot.