The whole world's watching--fallout in the German press was quick

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24. It plays a huge role

My wife, who is German, was in the USA during the summer of 2016, and was appalled at how the US media gave 90% of its air time to Trump and so little to HRC. She warned me well before anyone in the US (including me) thought a Trump presidency was possible. She warned me--your country is getting a steady diet of only Trump, and by November, way too many people will vote that way, too. Not ONE of my American friends, including respected pundits with decades of DC experience, had as much insight as she did.

It's why socialist countries (including so-called "national socialists" ) take full control of the media before anything else. If the people are conditioned to believe there is no other way to govern the country, then they come to believe it. East Germany collapsed before any of the other Soviet colonies because they had access to West German media. Their people had had enough of being a "people's republic" and took to the streets in masses shouting "WIR sind das Volk!" i.e. WE are "the poeple!"