4chan: The Skeleton Key To The Rise Of Trump

I highly recommend carving out a good chunk of time to read through Dale Beran's piece, 4Chan: The Skeleton Key to the Rise of Trump. It is a fairly exhaustive history of SA, /b, 4Chan, the rise of Anonymous, Gamergate and how all of that plays into the last election.

Much of it does seem to blame most of their undertakings as being the result of being lonely, unemployed hikikomori just looking for lulz - but that feels entirely too easy and basic of an excuse. I disagree with many of the points about the support of Trump stemming from an acknowledgement of his emptiness, as it waves away the undercurrent of hate and fear that clearly fuels a great deal of his backers.

Regardless, the historical aspect of it is fascinating and certainly worth familiarizing yourself with to properly understand that where the country is right now is not because of politics, it's because of Internet.