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I think there's something to be said for advances in technology making the news cycle much faster than it was in the past. 30 years ago, most people received whatever political updates there were via the morning paper and the evening news. Any information they received on political goings on had to fit within those pretty small confines, or be big enough (say, the president getting shot) to break into daytime TV.

With the advent of 24-hour cable news and then the internet, people can consume significantly more political coverage than at any point prior. The internet has also allowed people to speak with more people than ever before, and to discover more perspectives than ever before.

It seems only natural that these trends would have a politicizing effect.