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"And in politics, a wave of right-wing YouTube stars ran for office alongside Mr. Bolsonaro, some winning by historic margins. Most still use the platform, governing the world’s fourth-largest democracy through internet-honed trolling and provocation" nytimes.com/2019/08/11/wor…
“If social media didn’t exist, I wouldn’t be here,” he said. “Jair Bolsonaro wouldn’t be president.”
But the fact that Bolsonaro wouldn't have been #Brazil's president without social media doesn't suggest, on its own, that social media is inherently bad or whatever, any more than saying Bolsonaro wouldn't have been president without democracy (he wouldn't have)
