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Could loneliness explain why Trump won?

6 mins | Aug 16, 2023
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Hillary Clinton recently suggested in The Atlantic that social isolation might have been behind Trump's victory. But is she right? Considering how isolation, fueled by social media, might lead to apathy and extremism, Gillian Tett reflects on whether Clinton's take is accurate. Read by Emma Powell.

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